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The Jagg adapter shifts the filter up (so the hoses can come out below) enough to add to the clearance between the filter and the crank sensor.
So the filterseizeproblem is fixed by the offset position of the filter but as far as I can see the tempsensor doesnt fit in the sandwichplate anymore...
I'm pretty sure the lower one is the passage from the oil pump to the filter and the upper one is the return from the filter. Either one would work fine for a pressure sensor. They are both dead ends, though, so a temperature sensor would have to reach far enough into the housing to get to the oil that is actually circulating. As someone else touched on, a sensor that blocks the flow would be a problem...
I keep hoping to find a contact sensor I can clamp onto the oil filter itself...
I keep hoping to find a contact sensor I can clamp onto the oil filter itself...
Easy Peasy, man. We used to take continuous surface temp measurements from tubes and housings (to get fluid temps) at my last job. We used Type K thermocouples, hose clamped or brazed to the test article and insulated with a bit of adhesive foam. We were taking lab-grade measurements so the insulation shouldn't be necessary in a case like this. Do a bit of research and you should be golden.
We got our equipment from Omega, but this place looks good for your purposes.
The gauge manufacturers should be able to tell you what type of thermocouple they are set up to read.
Omega and the link up above have various probes with fittings designed to be inserted directly into the fluid and remain leak-tite. We used those, too. Mostly NPT. I haven't looked, but they may have some that would work as dual-purpose drain plugs
I use the setup pictured mostly for intake air temperature when I'm building or modifying a cold air intake for a car/truck but it's battery powered and easily adaptable to measure any variety of things. It's really no different than a remote temp monitor used in the kitchen to keep track of large cuts of roasting meat.
I work on the bike in fits and starts. Mostly late at night. That seems to be when I'm most motivated.
Edited to correct operation of a thermocouple. Thanks to JohnCC for pointing out my error.
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