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Autometer 2241 Oil Pressure Sending Unit

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Looking to install an accurate oil pressure sending unit. Finding a NOS rallye gauge 0-80psi unit is very difficult. The Autometer unit is very close to the original ohm specifications so considering getting this one. Has anyone else installed this sender? Is it pretty accurate?
 
What is the OHM range? Standard PS59 should work just fine.
 
The autometer 2241 sending unit is 73 ohms at 0 psi and 10 ohms at 80 psi. You can see the full resistance table at: https://www.autometer.com/sensor_specs
I suppose it could work. I just never needed to look very far to get one locally. I just make sure the OEM number crosses to it. Someone else may chime in. It just seems to me that someone had tried the Autometer and it did not work out.
 
I was just looking this part up, so this post is really good timing. Did you try it out yet? I just bought one and am going to test with an air compressor and will post the results. It seems like it might be the only repro that has the correct 80psi, 73-10 ohm specs. The rest are 90 or 100 psi.
 
Haven’t had the time to put it in yet but will post results once I finally get around to it. Seems the readings are really close to the original specifications.
 
It came in the mail yesterday, so I got to mess around with it with an air compressor. I tested at each pressure a bunch of times and it was never exact, but stayed within an ohm or two every time.

To sum it up: it's probably the most accurate aftermarket option we have. 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and full are as close as we could hope, so it looks like NOS isn't the only option anymore, if you want an accurate reading.

0 psi: it was slightly different every time I brought it back down, but 4 out of 5 times it was between ~72-74 ohms, once it stayed around 68-69 for some reason, but even that would basically not register on the gauge.
28-30 psi: I was able to get around 23 ohms (1/2 reading on the gauge). That's very close to what it should be because if you look at the gauge, 40 psi isn't actually halfway.
80 psi: Almost exactly 10 ohms every time

These 3 are basically perfectly in spec, which is better than any aftermarket stuff that I know of.

I also messed around more to see if the rest of the sweep was correct. Based on other tests I've done with new OER gauges, 1/4 full is about 37-39 ohms and 3/4 is 15-17 ohms. I was able to get 39-40ish ohms somewhere between 10-15 psi and about 16-16.5 ohms at 55 psi. Again, basically exactly what you'd expect by just looking at the gauge.

You can also use this sender and those 5 data points with an air compressor to test your fuel and temp gauges. If they're far off, the gauge is the issue and needs to be adjusted. If not, then the sending unit is. For fuel, 9/10 times it's the aftermarket sending unit and a Metermatch is your best bet.

Just to mess around more, I checked at each gauge marking (20, 40, 60 psi), then tested everything hooked up to an untouched new OER gauge. Ohm readings are below but, on the gauge, everything, including 0 and 80 psi, lined up very close to the correct markings.

20 psi: 30-32 ohms
40 psi: 19-20 ohms
60 psi: 16.5-17 ohms

This also confirmed for me that I (and everyone else) should use the other port on the block, or a tee, and put in a warning light. When I dropped pressure down to 0, it took about 15-20 seconds for the gauge to catch up and read correctly. Add this to however long it would take you to notice, and your motor's toast by the time you shut it down.
 
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Good information and testing. I have been trying to find an original with no luck at all. This seems to be our best bet and close to OEM accuracy.
 
Hi all,

Somewhat of an older thread but wondering what the real-world result was on this?

Boboh, did you install this and, if so, how is the accuracy?

Thanks,
Mikey
 
I installed this unit and it appears to be more accurate than the other aftermarket one I had in there especially once the engine reaches operating temperature and the pressure drops off at idle. The other aftermarket one did not show much of a drop in pressure like this sensor does.
 
Thanks. Do you see a difference in running pressures at different RPMs? I'm running a Standard PS59 - don't recall if it's the 59T or just 59 - and it seems to be somewhat low, especially when warm. My gauge shows about 10-15 at idle and 40-50 on the highway. I checked it with a test gauge connected to the port and got about 30-40 at idle so hoping it's the sender.

Thanks,
Mikey
 
I get around 30 psi when running for a while and hot at a traffic signal for instance and then around 50 when driving. Have to see the cold start pressure when I take it out this weekend.
 
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