Oil pressure gauge help!

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2003 Mazda protege5
I've been running around with my head cut off trying to figure out what to do. What have y'all done to add a pressure gauge? One wire sensor or two or three? What's the difference in those? Any help would be great. Thanks.
 
I believe the one wire would just be a switch for a dummy light, which the car is already equipped with.

For racing you'll want both a gauge and a dummy light that is set around 15-20 psi. The factory light is set around 2psi, by the time it comes on damage has already been done. For a DD just a gauge is fine.

Electric gauges (with a sending unit) are far superior to the mechanical gauges that use a small plastic oil line. They are more expensive, but it'll ensure you never have an oil leak that ruins your interior.

The block passage is 1/8 BSPT. You'll most likely need to order a tee online to fit the new sending unit, since hardware stores don't carry them.
 
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