does anyone know where i can find a sensor attachment for the 8? (for oil pressure, oil temp and water temp.) just got some gauges and i woudl love to install them....but the dealership is next to worthless when asking about this. They don't have it. Defi says to ask the dealership (defi also says they are comercially avaliable....um..ok where then...i can't find them). Any help would be great guys.

 

I can't help with the sensor attachments but I can tell you the Oil Pressure gauge is a waste. The RX-8 does not send out a variable Oil Pressure reading. It only sends out a "good" or a "bad" signal. That gauge in your dash is completely useless.

 

search for Defi guages in this forum - someone installed them a few months ago... if i remember they used the oil drain plug to thread in a new oil pressure sensor and i forget what they had to do for the other guages. I believe japanparts.com sells the defi kit, but its rather pricey,

 

which is why i got the new oil pressure gauge..i liek to know what my car is doing.

Prober...thanks for the tip...haha stupid me i looked every where on here involving gauges...but didn't search for defi...lol

 

okay i know no one cares but i go thte sensor attachment from japanparts.com. Got to me in 2 day sfrom japan. not bad at all:D

 

someone else already installed this...there is pics and such

I'm racking my brain to where it is though

as for the sensor attachment you will have to installed a new oil pressure monitor I believe

if I remember the gauge is useless because the sensor in the car is useless

hmmmmmmm

I'll do some research for yah

 

The shop manual shows a connection just below the oil filter where the mechanic hooks up, yep you guessed it, and actual oil pressure gauge for trouble shooting the oil pressure in the engine.

 

sweet...now can the defi hookup to it?

 

Here is part of the page

 

And the rest...

 

Wow, what a BIATCH that location is!

You can just see the oil filter.....there is NO way you are getting at the sensor from above, it's lift time! Then you would have to use an extension, or leave the stock sensor off, which the ECU may not appreciate.

Just ugly!

S

 

Yep, it did say from underneath the vehicle - ugly indeed. Can you use a tee and have both installed I wonder??

 

I'd be worried about the thing falling off while driving and oil drain and maybe worse (fortunately the pressure monitor will tell you what is up)...and it aint going to be covered by warranty no suree

 

naw i got a sensor attachment that goes inbetween teh oiul filter and teh engine that houses teh oil pressure and oil temp sensors. i'm going to hook it up tom. (hopfully)...i'll keep you guys posted if you are interested.

here are two pics of the sensor attachment with the sensors in.\

edit: sorry for the crapy pics

 

Is that the GReddy adaptor? I'll be really curious to see how that works out for you.

 

nope it isn't the greddy adaptor...least not to my knowledge..i wanna say it's teh mazdaspeed adaptor...but not sure on that either...got it from japan parts. it works great..no problems at all gauges work as tehy are supposed to. lol sorry but my camera finaly went to the digital world in the sky (it died). so i can't get any pics of it installed for those curious. well least not yet i'll have to go barrow one.

 

I was wondering if it would fit correctly.
I may have to get that piece later if I get the oil press/temp gauges in the future. Do you have a part number from japanparts? I couldn't find it on their site.

 

no but all you have to do is e-mail japanparts and ask them for the sensor attachment for oil pressure and temp in the rx-8 and they'll give you a quote you can use to order. fast service...when they found it for me ... they shiped it on the 23rd of feb. and got it on my door step on teh 25th. pretty fast:D

 

Do you think it will work with just the oil pressure sensor in it? Or does it need both to function properly (pressure is all I want, really)?

 

yea the one i have came with plugs so if you don't use one hole you can just thread the plug in no problem. :D

 

and you're using DEFI gauges, correct? Linkmeter, BF, or which kind?

 

Did I miss the price? How much?

 

Defi bf link series.

hmm it cost me 14,280 yen. but the price changes but it hangs around that (that included shiping from japan)

 

Thanks for this crucial info.

I e-mailed them 2 minutes ago.

Cheers,

Fabrice

 

no problem..glad i could help out:D hehe took me forever to find it myself..glad someone didn't have to go through teh same bs as me