Oil Pressure sender
01-13-2013, 03:04 PM
#42
Race Director
Someone mention that the method to attempt to remove the oil presure sensor from in between the intakemanifold and firewall is possible, but may face extreme challenges when fitted with a 90/92 MM Intake manifold. Can anyone clarify?
I have a FAST 92mm Intake. Is this deeper into the rear (twowards the firewall) than a stock intake manifold?
I have a FAST 92mm Intake. Is this deeper into the rear (twowards the firewall) than a stock intake manifold?
10-14-2014, 08:31 AM
#44
Le Mans Master
I can verify it looked like it worked for the guy in the video.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
Now that your done I guess its safe to laugh.......your testimony is sooo funny......sorry about the Klingon face....
I might actually try this method just because it sounds like so much fun..........
12-19-2014, 10:32 PM
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The part is relatively cheap but the labor is due to having to pull the intake to get to it, unless to butcher the car by cutting a hole to access it. But $500 is pretty high even for the stealership. I would find an independant mechanic with corvette experiance.
Another piece of advice: Get the relocation kit so if it fails again, its easier to get to. Wish I had. Had a Delco part fail after 2 months.
Another piece of advice: Get the relocation kit so if it fails again, its easier to get to. Wish I had. Had a Delco part fail after 2 months.
12-20-2014, 02:00 AM
#46
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I can verify it looked like it worked for the guy in the video.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
12-20-2014, 02:24 AM
#47
Le Mans Master
I can verify it looked like it worked for the guy in the video.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
I can certify that it didn't work for me at all.
I spent over an hour getting the wires to release using the coat hanger method. My OPS didn't fit any of my hundreds of sockets so I bought the special OPS socket from Auto Zone and that didn't fit either. In trying, I broke off the top off the OPS. I also broke the very fragile PVC hoses running behind the manifolds. It was snowing and I slipped and fell face first onto the intake manifold. I looked like a Klingon for a week.
I can testify that it takes no longer than 30 minutes (20 minutes if you are really cold, pissed off and your nose is bleeding) to remove the intake manifold. Unscrewing the OPS and throwing it across the snow covered yard takes a moment. Installing the new OPS, connecting it, replacing the PVC pipes with plastic hose from Lowe's, cleaning up the valley and the throttle body and reinstalling takes up the rest of the short wintery afternoon.
Piece of cake.
12-20-2014, 09:26 AM
#48
Instructor
You don't lift the car to get to the oil sending unit because it's on top of the engine behind the intake manifold. You can look from the driver's side and see the unit behind the intake. It's a 10-minute job to fix if you do it without removing the manifold.
Here's a YouTube video of how to replace the unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5PvlDLcyXX8
Here's a YouTube video of how to replace the unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5PvlDLcyXX8
12-20-2014, 10:56 AM
#49
Advanced
Please don't cut!!!! It's your baby... I relocated my oil sender a week ago on my 2001 vert after my second sender failure in 3 years.. Everything you need to do is in this thread.
[url]www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-tech/3452772-who-makes-an-oil-pressure-sensor-relocation-kit-these-days. You can purchase all you need from www.summitracing.com and assemble yourself (very,very easy). Cost about $53.00 for the parts not including the sending unit. You can find the kits on line already assembled for a little over $100.00. Your choice. Summit also sell the senders. You can call them and they will help you with the purchase. My mechanically inclined grandson helped with the installation of the sender which required removal of the intake manifold. Took about 2 1/2 hours start to finish. Some suggest just removing the manifold bolts and sliding the manifold forward. since you can't see the underside of the manifold, you don't know what's happening to the gaskets during the slide. Take if off and replace the old gaskets with new. Gasket kit is about $22.00. After relocating the oil sender next to the fuel rail, any future oil sender failures (if any) takes maybe 5 minutes to replace... Just my $.02 worth...
[url]www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-tech/3452772-who-makes-an-oil-pressure-sensor-relocation-kit-these-days. You can purchase all you need from www.summitracing.com and assemble yourself (very,very easy). Cost about $53.00 for the parts not including the sending unit. You can find the kits on line already assembled for a little over $100.00. Your choice. Summit also sell the senders. You can call them and they will help you with the purchase. My mechanically inclined grandson helped with the installation of the sender which required removal of the intake manifold. Took about 2 1/2 hours start to finish. Some suggest just removing the manifold bolts and sliding the manifold forward. since you can't see the underside of the manifold, you don't know what's happening to the gaskets during the slide. Take if off and replace the old gaskets with new. Gasket kit is about $22.00. After relocating the oil sender next to the fuel rail, any future oil sender failures (if any) takes maybe 5 minutes to replace... Just my $.02 worth...
Last edited by sea20west; 12-20-2014 at 11:26 AM. Reason: correction
12-20-2014, 11:10 AM
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Please don't cut!!!! It's your baby... I relocated my oil sender a week ago on my 2001 vert after my second sender failure in 3 years.. Everything you need to do is in this thread.
www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-tech/3452772-who-makes-an-oil-pressure-sensor. You can purchase all you need from www.summitracing.com and assemble yourself (very,very easy). Cost about $53.00 for the parts not including the sending unit. You can find the kits on line already assembled for a little over $100.00. Your choice. Summit also sell the senders. You can call them and they will help you with the purchase. My mechanically inclined grandson helped with the installation of the sender which required removal of the intake manifold. Took about 2 1/2 hours start to finish. Some suggest just removing the manifold bolts and sliding the manifold forward. since you can't see the underside of the manifold, you don't know what's happening to the gaskets during the slide. Take if off and replace the old gaskets with new. Gasket kit is about $22.00. After relocating the oil sender next to the fuel rail, any future oil sender failures (if any) takes maybe 5 minutes to replace... Just my $.02 worth...
www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c5-tech/3452772-who-makes-an-oil-pressure-sensor. You can purchase all you need from www.summitracing.com and assemble yourself (very,very easy). Cost about $53.00 for the parts not including the sending unit. You can find the kits on line already assembled for a little over $100.00. Your choice. Summit also sell the senders. You can call them and they will help you with the purchase. My mechanically inclined grandson helped with the installation of the sender which required removal of the intake manifold. Took about 2 1/2 hours start to finish. Some suggest just removing the manifold bolts and sliding the manifold forward. since you can't see the underside of the manifold, you don't know what's happening to the gaskets during the slide. Take if off and replace the old gaskets with new. Gasket kit is about $22.00. After relocating the oil sender next to the fuel rail, any future oil sender failures (if any) takes maybe 5 minutes to replace... Just my $.02 worth...
I agree, I did this a few years back with parts from Summit, Nice having a where house here in town.
12-21-2014, 01:37 PM
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12-21-2014, 03:23 PM
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12-21-2014, 07:40 PM
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You don't lift the car to get to the oil sending unit because it's on top of the engine behind the intake manifold. You can look from the driver's side and see the unit behind the intake. It's a 10-minute job to fix if you do it without removing the manifold.
Here's a YouTube video of how to replace the unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5PvlDLcyXX8
Get the brass sending unit from O'Reilly Auto Parts, it costs about $40. And fire your mechanic; he's trying to rip you off. Telling you replacing the unit requires lifting the car is either a bold-faced lie or an indication that the mechanic has no clue what he's doing.
Here's a YouTube video of how to replace the unit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5PvlDLcyXX8
Get the brass sending unit from O'Reilly Auto Parts, it costs about $40. And fire your mechanic; he's trying to rip you off. Telling you replacing the unit requires lifting the car is either a bold-faced lie or an indication that the mechanic has no clue what he's doing.