1G Oil pressure gauge

[Freddyk79]

My stock oil pressure gauge doesn't work. Where should I start to correct this?

I assume its the sending unit? If anyone have an extra or advice to get it corrected.

Thanks.

 

[luv2rallye]

To test: ground the wire on the oil pressure sender and with key on the dash gauge should read highest.

 

[Chris2388]

The sender is a bulky round sender on the Oil filter Housing.

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its the one with the zip tie on it. If the wire is not connected it wont work. To see if gauge in cluster works follow what was stated by Luv2rallye.

this is all located at the front left corner of the car. right below the alternator


Dont mind the oil leak in this pic, I have since fixed this when i replaced my sender with and aftermarket sending unit.

 

[Freddyk79]

Well.. Now that I found it I discovered the wire to the OPS Is broke off and dangling. Looks like I'll need an aftermarket sender

 

[Chris2388]

Wait, just because the wire broke does not mean you need to go aftermarket. Just fix the wire and re attached it to the sender and boom all fixxed. The wire only slides onto the nipple on the sender. You could even use a female spade connector to fix it

If you follow the wire up a few inches it it will have a clip that attaches ot to the oil filter housing. Then follow ot a lil further and it will have a plug, disconnect it there and you can then fix the wire on a bench instead of on your back. Then just plug it all back in and boom fixed

 

[1990TSIAWDTALON]

^^^ +2 Just use a female slide terminal and it will hold onto the sender, that's what I had to do with mine.

 

[Chris2388]

here are pics.
Oil pressure gauge sender

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Oil pressure sender with a female spade connector forced on takes lil effort. but it sure stays put very well.

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[Chris2388]

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[1990TSIAWDTALON]

That's how I did mine too Chris, the original connector would fall off from time to time so I forced a female slide on it and I don't think it will ever fall off again.

 

[Chris2388]

Yea if you push it on far enough you can bend the tip of the female connector and it will never come off.

 

[Freddyk79]

Oh no kidding! Thanks guys! I will check into that.

 

[Chris2388]

Oh no kidding! Thanks guys! I will check into that.

here ya go for refrence

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[Freddyk79]

Can I jus snip that plug off and splice the wires together?

 

[Chris2388]

Yes thats fine

 

[Freddyk79]

Nice pics! Excellent man! Glad its an easy fix

 

[Chris2388]

Just Use solder or a butt connector with heat shrink, and of course use enough wire so its not like crazy short.

 

[Chris2388]

Or if you want you can actually buy the wire from the connector to the sender.
I however Do not have a part number for you. you would have to do a lil searching

 

[Freddyk79]

I jus snipped the connector off. Too late now I only had a couple min. Did a quick strip n twist as a test. No luck. My gauge is pegged on high. Awfully dirty under there tho.

 

[Freddyk79]

I will def use solder n shrink when I get it to work

 

[Freddyk79]

Pulling the sender with oil full grants me an oil bath correct? Lol

 

[RamenPride]

Pulling the sender with oil full grants me an oil bath correct? Lol

A little bit of oil will drip out. You're not going to get oil pouring out like when you remove the drain plug from the oil pain.