Meachanical Vs Digital

[pizza boy]

Im going to buy an Oil Temp and Oil Pressure gauge soon to calm my paranoid fears of things going kaboom. But ive been told its better to go for digital Oil Pressure+Temp gauge as you dont really want oil spurting into the cabin if your in an accident or if it comes loose so its better to buy digi uns. Is this true or is he talking king kongs ding dongs?

[Bibbs]

erm .. does the water temp guage really have water pouring out the back ??

It'll be a thermostat and then an electronic signal sent to an analogue style guage, or a digital style guage ..

[Bibbs]

Oh and be careful .. if your speedo stops working you'll have lots of speed falling out the back of the dial like I did.

Luckily it was in kmph not mph so didn't make as much mess ..

[Chappers]

Oh dear........

I think that he's thinking in terms of hyraulic and water pressure gauges etc 'in line gauges'... oh well.

Anyways, go digi.

[Al J]

I'd go digital but analogue are fine if you like the look of em.

King Kong's deffo got em in a twist!

[pizza boy]

Oh and be careful .. if your speedo stops working you'll have lots of speed falling out the back of the dial like I did.

Luckily it was in kmph not mph so didn't make as much mess ..

haha!

I dont know what he was thinking but I knew he was talking 1 potato, 2 potato. Just thought it would be a laugh to post it up....keepin the community alive an all that Bibbs *cough*

[Jimlad]

Oh and be careful .. if your speedo stops working you'll have lots of speed falling out the back of the dial like I did.

Luckily it was in kmph not mph so didn't make as much mess ..

lmfao......

[Bibbs]

sorry .. as some of you will realise over the summer meets .. i'm fairly sarcastic

[ae111sr]

Im going to buy an Oil Temp and Oil Pressure gauge soon to calm my paranoid fears of things going kaboom. But ive been told its better to go for digital Oil Pressure+Temp gauge as you dont really want oil spurting into the cabin if your in an accident or if it comes loose so its better to buy digi uns. Is this true or is he talking king kongs ding dongs?

A bit like comparimg apples and pears. Digital refers to the type of display on the gauges (ie numbers) and mechanical describes the way the gauge gets it's signal. I assume you are comparing electrical and mechanical gauges - go for electrical every time. The sensor will be in the engine compartment and you will only have cables running into the passenger compartment - running these is much easier than tubes.

[starletsy]

Mechanical :P no sender unit to go wrong and give you incorrect readings

[ae111sr]

But I don't want hot oil being sprayed on me when the tube fails :D :P

[TheNissanMan]

does this mean in a crash time can fall out through the clock ??? Could be beneficial as if enough time falls out you wouldn't have had the crash you just had.

[jaxx]

i suggest aswell the autometer cobalt gauges

very trick looking albeit a tad expensive

[ae111sr]

does this mean in a crash time can fall out through the clock ??? Could be beneficial as if enough time falls out you wouldn't have had the crash you just had.

Nah, Time is just a concept dreamed up by man to explain his continuing existence :D :P