oil temp gauge dont work missing wire
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Racer
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From: baton rouge louisiana
oil temp gauge dont work missing wire
i bought this 96 last week noticed oil temp gauge dont work,got under the car today,,i found the sender with the cap pluged on top of it,but guess what no wires to be found connected to it,,anybody got any ideas???????? i found no wires hanging blowing in the breese anywhere
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My car is 10 years older than yours and things changed over the years, but the wire for my oil temperature sender runs in the same loom as the O2 sensor and the ground wires that go to the side of the block above the oil temperature switch. I have heard that those wires go to a stud on the bellhousing in later years, so yours might be different (and of course you have O2 sensor wiring that I don't have, since I only have one, and it's not heated).
Burning Brakes
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i bought this 96 last week noticed oil temp gauge dont work,got under the car today,,i found the sender with the cap pluged on top of it,but guess what no wires to be found connected to it,,anybody got any ideas???????? i found no wires hanging blowing in the breese anywhere
joe
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your oil TEMP sender wire is in the same bundle as the grounds and the o2 sensor lead.
Follow those wires back to the harness thats hidden well behind the valve cover.
The wire is there. No reason for it not to be.
Follow those wires back to the harness thats hidden well behind the valve cover.
The wire is there. No reason for it not to be.
Burning Brakes
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From: Louisville Ky
my 91 has the orange wire input, red wire out to OP switch, tan wire to gage. saw a photo of a 96 and it was the same. the wires are tight and run off one side to the harness bundle. can't get to it under the car. -can't get to it, period- it is drivers side right behind valve cover. a second oil press sender is nearby, goes to "check gages."
joe
joe
at least he knows where oil pressure senders are.
Last edited by joe paco; Jun 27, 2012 at 03:51 PM. Reason: spell
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Racer
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From: baton rouge louisiana
no wires
i crawled under the car for an hour,trust me there is no wires hanging ,someone must have cut them out,,there is a bundle of wires going past the place but they are wraped like factory,,would someone with a lt1 tell me what colors the wires are and how it gets there
