stupid oil pressure fittings

[Carl H]

ok, got my hands on some new gauges for the motor but ofcourse i forgot they were in bspt and not npt.now i need a bspt tee thats made out of steel and not brass, anyone know where i can source one?

[y3llows14]

Doesnt performance or courtesy nissans have some? they put it as "nismo" t fitting.

[NISMO_RB25]

courtesy has them, but they look like they are brass.

You could run braided line from the fitting that will be able to flex as the motor moves and then hard mount the oil sending units to the engine bay. That way you don't have to worry about the brass fitting breaking do to weight on it. Just an idea.

[y3llows14]

Or you can just buy regular Earls t fittings and die the fitting to 1/8bspt.

[nukeone]

I got one for about $25 shipped to me. Came from HiPro (www.hiprollc.com) but you have to call them since they don't have it on their website - connect it to the block (1/8 bsp threads) and then attach the stock oil pressure sending unit to the back (again, stock Nissan threads). There are two other ports that are 1/8 NPT fittings for connecting an oil pressure gauge plus a plug to plug the extra port if not needed. The adapter is made of steel but is cad platted so it won't rust. Before this, I had a brass fitting that only lasted about a month before breaking and dumping my oil. This fitting has been on for over a year, with no problems.

[Carl H]

I got one for about $25 shipped to me. Came from HiPro (www.hiprollc.com) but you have to call them since they don't have it on their website - connect it to the block (1/8 bsp threads) and then attach the stock oil pressure sending unit to the back (again, stock Nissan threads). There are two other ports that are 1/8 NPT fittings for connecting an oil pressure gauge plus a plug to plug the extra port if not needed. The adapter is made of steel but is cad platted so it won't rust. Before this, I had a brass fitting that only lasted about a month before breaking and dumping my oil. This fitting has been on for over a year, with no problems.

yeah ive found that fitting only problem is i need bspt all round not some bspt and some npt.fitting would be mint if it wernt for that.

[Tictakman]

i think mcmasters.com has those type fittings. not sure though.

Zak

[NISMO_RB25]

sorry i didn't read your first post correctly. I thought you needed bspt to npt. I know they are a little pricey, but I would go with one of the HKS (or other brand) sandwich adapter. The ones that I have seen were al bspt.

[300Plus]

why would you need to run the stock oil pressure sending unit aswell as a new one for the new gauge? I added a new gauge and a new oil pressure sending unit but I dont see the need for both?

[y3llows14]

Im assuming the 2 ports are for Oil temperature and Oil pressure gauges.

[nukeone]

why would you need to run the stock oil pressure sending unit aswell as a new one for the new gauge? I added a new gauge and a new oil pressure sending unit but I dont see the need for both?

Because I like knowing the sudden loss of oil pressure will show up as a bright red light in front of me while I don't always have my eyes on the oil pressure gauge.

Carl H... these adapters were custom threaded/tapered in such a way that both NPT and BSPT threads will work in any of the holes. The NPT will snug up after about 4 full threads while the BPST goes probably 6 or 7 full threads. Should work for both applications. If you buy it and it doesn't work, hipro offers a rull refund.