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PostSubject: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeMon Mar 04, 2013 7:06 pm

Both of mine are going bad - Autozone wants $40 each - I am sure there have to be better/cheaper options out there. Does anyone know what interchanges?

Also, what other sensors should I look at while I am doing this?
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeMon Mar 04, 2013 7:24 pm

did you check rockauto?
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeMon Mar 04, 2013 7:31 pm

s1l1sc wrote:
Both of mine are going bad - Autozone wants $40 each - I am sure there have to be better/cheaper options out there. Does anyone know what interchanges?

Also, what other sensors should I look at while I am doing this?

Thats cheap,when I bought my oil pressure sender from rock auto 3 years ago it was 55 bucks.Is your OP gauge needle pegging to the far side of the gauge and staying there except when stopped in drive?
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeMon Mar 04, 2013 8:14 pm

it is all over the place. When stopped in drive it drops to the left and the low oil light comes on. While driving it jumps all over the place - i did unplug it and clean it the other day (full of oil). It worked for a couple of days, then went crazy again - makes me think it is leaking inside the sensor and shorting out the contacts.

The low oil light in the ac control has been on forever - it turns off on occasion.

I have enough oil in the engine - have been checking on a regular basis.

I have not checked rock auto yet. Ordered the wrong sensor the last time =(
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeMon Mar 04, 2013 10:30 pm

Pick and pull yards are cheap, and most guarantee the part for 30 days. There is a gasket on the level sender that is not available separately. You have to make your own with silicone sealer.

The oil level sender may have a loose/broken wire in the connector. Mine usually works for a couple of days after an oil change, then the light stays on. I have swapped the sender (and in the 91 and 92, the module). The only thing left in my car that could cause the light to be on is a broken wire.
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 05, 2013 7:55 pm

Thank you guys. Will take a crack at Rock auto. Yarding is not feasible right now due to work schedule and such.
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 9:25 pm

Alright, looks like it is fixed. Next up: Tailgate sensor :-)
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 10:05 pm

Tailgate sensor?
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 10:07 pm

The little black plunger par in the tail gate that turns on the gate ajar light on the dash.
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 10:15 pm

do you need one?
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 10:39 pm

Yup, need a working one.
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 10:48 pm

I have one.
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PostSubject: Re: Sensors - oil Level and Preassure?   Sensors - oil Level and Preassure? Icon_minitimeTue Mar 12, 2013 11:07 pm

Cool - lemme know how much :-)
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