2.0 8V Turbo Wiring Queries

[dave205 19]

Few more queries so i can finish making my wiring connections, here goes:

 

Where abouts is the oil level switch on these engines and can i connect that up to the low oil pressure light, that way if i have either low oil pressure or low oil level it will bring the light up and tell me i have an oil related problem of some description.

 

Where abouts is the oil temp sender on the 406 engine as the 205 clocks have a oil temp meter but i dont know what to connect to them?

[jonnyturbo 3]

im not 100% sure but i do have a plug on my sump at the front with 1 pin comming from it but not sure what its for.

[dave205 19]

im not 100% sure but i do have a plug on my sump at the front with 1 pin comming from it but not sure what its for.

Is that the level or temp sender?

[welshpug 1,661]

temp, level is in the middle of the block, front on the 16v's, rear of the 8v iirc.

[dave205 19]

temp, level is in the middle of the block, front on the 16v's, rear of the 8v iirc.

 

Cheers i'll check that tommorow, are they mounted vertically down into the block?

[welshpug 1,661]

yup

[dave205 19]

I'll test that out then. Can i connect it up to the oil pressure switch light?

 

Also do you know where the oil temp sender is on these engines welshpug?

[jonnyturbo 3]

level being the yellow plug on the back of the engine?

[dave205 19]

level being the yellow plug on the back of the engine?

 

As i said earlier i'll test it out tommorow and let you know

[jonnyturbo 3]

ok cheers dave let me know if you have anymore problems

[dave205 19]

ok cheers dave let me know if you have anymore problems

 

The oil thing left on the wiring side of things i need to sort is to locate the oil temp sender on the engine, any ideas?

[dave205 19]

Tested that sender out and it is for oil level indication. I still need to find out were the oil tempreture sender is though its stopping me tidying the wiring up, ive looked all over the engine but cant for the life of me find it!!!

[welshpug 1,661]

in the sump, IF it has one.

[dave205 19]

Well thats what i thought, because i checked the drawing and its shown as a one pin plug and it was in the loom, but when i stripped all the tape off it fell out and im not sure where from . The only one pin plug on the engine now is the oil pressure switch.

 

Is this anyway i can utilise the oil tempreture meter on the gti clocks to read the oil level?

[welshpug 1,661]

only if you use BX gti clocks or a VERY rare set of 205 clocks that has that facility.

[jonnyturbo 3]

i have a blue sensor on the front of the sump with a 1 pin connection on it and also one just above it on the block iirc with a 2 pin connection but not sure what they are

[welshpug 1,661]

 

 

blue in the sump is the oil temp sensor as mentioned SEVERAL times.

 

two pin on the block is likely to be the pressure switch if its a small body, or a large round bodied sender will be for an oil pressure gauge, though as the turbo engine was only in the 605 406 xantia and xm, they never used pressure gauges and rarely had oil temp gauges.

[jonnyturbo 3]

haha sorry i didnt look at previous messages just i had a quick look at my engine and seen them think the 2 pin sensor is a large bodied sensor but its too dark to go look now

[dave205 19]

Thinking about it, there was a plate on the engine with a blank plug on it so i reckon thats where that plug was on.

 

Did some 205 clocks have oil level gauges on them did they?

[welshpug 1,661]

quite rare and damn unreliable in the 205 apparently, seems fine in my ZX though.

[dave205 19]

I didnt realise that. I think i'll just wire it up to the stop

Light or something similair.

[jonnyturbo 3]

an l.e.d light maybe fit one on your dash or something

[dave205 19]

I ran the car up today but the rev counter doesnt work and the speedo registers when the cars on tick over, any ideas?

[welshpug 1,661]

was the front up in the air? that'll be the driveshafts rotating

 

rev counter required modifying or an adapter.

[dave205 19]

Yeah approximately 12-14 inches on axle stands, it was in in neautral though. Ive fitted a electro-mechanical vss and wired it up, but still nothing, or does recieve a signal from the tdc reader?