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[sandb937]

i noticed yesterday on my way home that my oil gauge stoped working. I thought at first it was reading that i had low oil but i checked it and it seams fine. So the only conclusion i have is that it stopped working. Does anyone know how i can fix this?

 

[timmy]

I just got a new guage from saten. Cost me 80.00, for the fuel and temp guage.....

 

[sandb937]

ok thats good but do you think that i need a new gauge or can i fix the one thats in there, and if i can how?

 

[gaddis]

I had the same problem. First check to see if there is a wire attatched to your oil pressure sensor housing. It's located near the drive pulley and oil filter area. The oil pressure sensor housing resembles a boob and the wire should be attatched to the nipple. On my car the wire was missing back to the support bracket. I just cut off the support bracket, spliced into the wire with an extension wire, and wrapeed about 5 turns of bare copper around the nipple of the oil pressure sensor. I would recommend soldering it after you confirm that it works. Also use zip ties to secure the wire.

If the wire is still in place, your sending unit I believe is bad.


Good luck.

 

[sandb937]

sending unit hugh!!! where the heck is that and how much would it be to get fixed? any clue please let me know. (i am kind of a novice when it comes to working on cars but not really afraid to get my hands dirty so any help would be much appreciated)

 

[Skunked tsi]

if there isnt a way for you to fix it as suggested above, and it comes that you need a new gauge form satan you could just buy and aftermarket oil pressure gauge. Just a thought.
Skunked

 

[steve]

Rather than post the picture yet again, you should go look at http://dsmtuners.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=78413

Steve

 

[sandb937]

steve thanks for the link with the picture.......is the sending unit in the picture & do i have to remove the splash guard in order to fix this. Just as a thought i remove the heat shield cus it was rattling really bad. do you think that the heat might have burned through the wire and sholds i replace the heat shield?

 

[steve]

You don't have to remove the splash guard to get at the sender. You can raise the car up and crawl under and see it but you can't take a very good picture that way.

I don't remember the wire being routed near the exhaust but in my opinion keeping the heat shields or replacing them when they rust out is a good idea in general.

Steve

 

[sandb937]

well the main reason that i wanted to mention the heat sheild is cus the o2 sensor runs real close to the manifold / header or whatever its called and i just dont want something else to break or burn off.