Help! Pissing oil in the walmart parking lot!
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Help! Pissing oil in the walmart parking lot!
As I pulled into the walmart parking lot I noticed my car was leaking oil horribly bad! I checked the level and it was almost dry. It is leaking from a sensor above the oil filter (oil pressure sensor?). The plastic casing gets pushed back and oil pours out. Is this the oil pressure sensor? Is it easy to replace (plug n play)? Anything special I should know for this repair? Thanks for the help. Dan
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The sensors are often damaged when changing the oil filter and cause leaks. If you are using a filter wrench when doing an oil change just be careful not to slip and hit the sensor.
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Had this happen to mine by the lovely people that work for lube express. Just see if walmart has the Oil Pressure Sending unit and using a pair of vice grips twist off the old one and put the new one on snug.
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Thanks, haven't done an oil change lately so I didn't bump it, I'll post pictures later tonight when I get home (can't from my phone) but I'm sure if I replace the sensor it will fix the problem. The sensor hasn't worked since I got the car so I should replace it anyway.
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so here is what it looks like in place:
and this is what it looks like when I turn on the engine and it starts pouring out oil:
It pops out...
and this is what it looks like when I turn on the engine and it starts pouring out oil:
It pops out...
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just installed the new sensor and stopped the oil leak but now my oil pressure gauge doesn't work. well, it never really worked, it just read around 80ish the whole time, but now the needle sits completely horizontal and gives me no reading at all. Any ideas?
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just installed the new sensor and stopped the oil leak but now my oil pressure gauge doesn't work. well, it never really worked, it just read around 80ish the whole time, but now the needle sits completely horizontal and gives me no reading at all. Any ideas?
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did you make sure it was the right sensor? some vehicles (not sure if yours is one of them) have 2 different guage clusters, one with a guage and one with a light, each has a matching sensor.
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Sounds like you got the one for the idiot light cluster. It is just a pressure switch that turns the light on when it gets too low.
The one for the gauge gives resistance at different pressures, and thats what makes the needle move.
Sounds like you got the one for the idiot light cluster. It is just a pressure switch that turns the light on when it gets too low.
The one for the gauge gives resistance at different pressures, and thats what makes the needle move.