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Old 12-14-2010, 12:06 PM
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Default 2000 f-250 7.3 oil sending unit HELP

just bought glowshift oil pressure gauge it came with a sending unit and doesnt tell me where to tap it in...any ideas where i hook it up under the hood ive heard the oil cooler but i cant find the damn oil cooler on this truck anything will help THANKS
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by blowinsmoke12v
just bought glowshift oil pressure gauge it came with a sending unit and doesnt tell me where to tap it in...any ideas where i hook it up under the hood ive heard the oil cooler but i cant find the damn oil cooler on this truck anything will help THANKS


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Old 12-14-2010, 03:40 PM
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so if i buy an oil pressure gauge i can mount it on top of my hpop res? will that tell me the engine psi or hpop psi?
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 06:19 PM
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so if i buy an oil pressure gauge i can mount it on top of my hpop res? will that tell me the engine psi or hpop psi?
That will show you LPO... The only place that has HPO is in the HPOP, Lines, Rails and Injectors...
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 08:25 PM
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so if i wanted to put a gauge on the hpop where would be the best place to put it?
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 09:17 PM
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In one of the ports in the head... Isspro makes a HPO gauge in both the EV2 and Performax line...
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 09:35 PM
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oh so just remove one of the plugs on the back side of the head? oh alrighty i know what you mean, a friend of mine did that last winter to tell if my hpop was bad, i know what you mean now
 
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Not the back of the head... Top of the head...



Red arrows...
 
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ya we pulled a plug and put a tester on one to make sure the hpop was bad, thanks!!!
 
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Old 12-17-2010, 03:01 PM
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i pulled the little rectangle bolt out near the back of the block and plugged my oil pressure gauge in there thanks for all yalls help tho now i know where to put the hpop gauge too! thanks!!
 


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