Alarm question got 3208

[Thomas La Rose]

I know this is a Cummins forum but was wondering if seaboard sells high coolant temp alarm and low oil pressure alarms that would work on my 3208?
Thank you, Tom.

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[Luke Nelson]

Its been a while.. But the coolant alarm should go to the low oil pressure switch( round cylinder about a inch long). It should be at the rear of the V on the head.

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[Thomas La Rose]

Thanks all. Going to use what is already there as Luke mentioned. Didn’t know what I was looking at. Previous owner disabled alarms for some reason, have no clue why. So I bought a buzzer and now am trying to figure out how to wire it all back up. I don’t have the engine manual. Pretty sure this is the coolant overheat sensor, wires with the blue crimps go to the oil pressure sensor black wire goes negative side of busbar along with the black wire on my buzzer, the red from buzzer I’ve got wired to the key switch but so far no success. Any advice is appreciated.

[Luke Nelson]

The 3208 has low coolant volume, high temp and low oil pressure as part of the standard wiring harness? You want more?

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[Rob Schepis]

You’ll need to locate unused ports and identify the npt size for the coolant temp and oil psi switches.

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[Tony Athens]

Coolant temp , low oil pressure, water flow, etc, switches do not care what the engine color is.. John Deere , Cummins, Perkins, Yanmar, Volvo, etc etc..

It all comes down the how you set them up and make them a reliable part of your engines “vital sign” warning system..

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