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Oil Pressure Sensor 700

posted by  someguyfromMaryland on  Sat Jun 7 02:06 CST 2003
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The oil pressure sensor on my B230FT was the source of an extremely aggravating leak when I first bought the car. It had a minor leak that steadily worsened. The problem was that the leak was coming from the sensor, not the threaded connection to the engine block.

The sensor is a metal threaded body with a plastic, crimped on top that houses the actual sensor. The crimp was failing, but it would only leak at higher engine rpm than idle. So I would look and look but couldn't find an active leak. It got so bad I was losing the equivalent of a quart per 500 miles, so I stopped driving it. I finally figured out the problem by cleaning the engine (again) and laying under the car whilst my wife revved the engine. Then I was able to see the point of origin before the whole side of the engine was covered.

You shouldn't have any problem removing the sensor if you have a good deep well socket (I forget the size).

HTH,

someguyfromMaryland






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