Hey everyone.
I've been looking into gauge setups for my 2010 Polo which I'm buying on Saturday. Naturally, there's a few options for the GTI, but there's not much for the 1.2tsi.
The main gauges that I'd like are Oil Temp, Water Temp, and maybe Boost. The car will be run up and down mountains and hills a lot which is why I plan to invest in such equipment.
For boost, there's already a spacer/plate that you place in between the intake pipe and the map sensor. This allows you to tap a hose and or sender for boost pressure.
Water temp is not as vital for me as it's more or less redundant (oil temp gauge should suffice), but it'd still be nifty to have. There are adapters that will connect two ends of a hose and have fittings for a temp sender.
Oil temp is the hard one. I've looked at filter sandwich plates but there's absolutely nothing for the 1.2tsi. The oil filter seems to have this black extension that'd make it incompatible with most, if not all of the sandwich plates. The sandwich plate would be most ideal as it's closer to the actual temperature in the engine, plus it allows for future expansion such as oil coolers and or a pressure sensor too.
The alternative here is to use a sump plug that allows a sender to be screwed into it as well. Temperatures may be reported cooler than they are in the engine bay, plus it seems more fiddly and risky being where the sump plug.
Of course, the most attractive alternative to all of these setups is to use an OBD2 adapter. It worked well in my mk7 golf, but it was missing a few sensors.
What is everyone's thoughts? Has anyone here bothered with the 1.2tsi?
Lastly, would anyone be interested in a sandwich plate if I design and make one?
