[Spits] Spitfire Oil Temp

[Joe Curry]

Oil temperature is not all that important on a street driven Spitfire
because they are seldom driven hard enough to be overly concerned with it.
That said, One thing you can do is fabricate yourself a new drain plug with
the sensor built into it.  That way, you can add a gauge without having to
permanently modify the oil pan. 

I did that with my Honda Engine that is in my Black Spit (Tiny Tim).  The
Honda engine has a very nice finned aluminum oil pan that I did not want to
hack on.

On my Red Spit (Huxley) I added a boss on the oil pan for a temp gauge when
I was building the engine.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Roger Elliott
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:48 PM
To: spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: [Spits] Spitfire Oil Temp

Hi,

Is there an easy way to check oil temperature in a Spitfire?  I know I 
can put in an oil temp gauge, but that seems like a lot of work for what 
is not going to be a permanent installation.   From what I understand, 
the oil temp sender has to be in the oil pan itself.


Thanks,
Roger Elliott
80 Spitfire
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