Oil Pressure Gauge Adapter (BSP & NPT)

filip00

OK, so let me bring this thread up for a few questions.

I was doing an oil change and noticed there are some slight leaks around the adapter for the oil pressure gauge. (not what you think, so read on...)

So I go to inspect it all and I decide to just take it all apart, check connections, see if there's maybe some teflon missing somewhere, etc....and as soon as I tried to unscrew the first thing, one fitting broke.

To clarify, this is my setup:


And the extender piece (highlighted), the first that goes in the engine broke. It broke so that there's 2mm of it sticking out, the threads are still in. I will deal with it later today - I plan to dremel two notches in it and stick a flathead screwdriver in and take it out. If there's a better/easier way, please let me know.

My concern is what to do now, after. So, I already have a spare extender...but I'm afraid it will break again, because obviously it suffers huge torque because of all the mass after it. To go without extender isn't possible because the aftermarket sensor housing is just big enough so that you need a tiny extension from the engine - I can't use the T adapter that I have, that I would otherwise put directly in the engine.

Any advice? Thanks.

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