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I picked up an oil temperature gauge at princess auto finally... also got some fittings from the home depot to get it installed. I'm wondering where it should go... Where do you think the best place for it is and why?

I was considering the return line from the injection pump, but I'm not sure if that will be useful for knowing when to switch over since it will be reading diesel temp until I switch... but where could the sensor be that would detect WVO temp if the WVO isn't circulating until it's switched over? hmmm

Schwa wrote:I picked up an oil temperature gauge at princess auto finally... also got some fittings from the home depot to get it installed. I'm wondering where it should go... Where do you think the best place for it is and why?

I was considering the return line from the injection pump, but I'm not sure if that will be useful for knowing when to switch over since it will be reading diesel temp until I switch... but where could the sensor be that would detect WVO temp if the WVO isn't circulating until it's switched over? hmmm

I wouldn't bother personally...

as soon as the oil runs through the vegtherm it is hot enough regardless of how long your vehicle has been running. When I start up in the morning I am not waiting for the oil to warm up but rather the vehicle motor before I switch over. Guys with coolant driven heaters are in a different situation so they might have something different to say.

Andrew