(16-12-2012, 08:16 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote:(16-12-2012, 06:22 PM)306Puggy Wrote: As far as I know, the normal way to take the oil temperature is through a sandwich plate, there is no reason why it should not work.
Normal for here with lazy people who think those blinging blue anodized sandwich plates off ebay are a good idea. Not normal anywhere else (except chav civic and corsa etc forums) from my experience.
You take the temp from the sump as it is the average temperature of the oil in your engine. If you start taking it once its been through several hot bits of metal and has been pressurised it wont be telling you an accurate temperature.
I really can't afford not to use my sandwich plate now. I had an sensor in the sump plug but it gave an even lower reading anyway. Ironically, I thought the sandwich plate was the harder option, what with having to get a shorter oil filter and having to bung up all of the grub screws and sensor with PTFE tape! I was surprised the sensor in the sump plug didn't work out, but there you go.
pompeymark306 is your setup a sandwich plate?