Oil temp sensor
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Burning Brakes
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From: Farmington MO
Oil temp sensor
96 LT4
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
Racer
Joined: Apr 2018
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96 LT4
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...re+switch,4592
Does this look like the one?
EDIT:
Scratch that, I bet its this one:
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/...re+sender,5704
I didn't know if the first one was both pressure and temp since it was a 3 wire.
EDIT 2:
Shoot, that one doesn't look like the ACDelco one. I'll keep looking.
Last edited by TheBlaster9001; May 24, 2018 at 03:59 PM.
Racer
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 349
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96 LT4
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
Over the weekend drove approx 800 miles round trip. Oil temp (digital) never read over 175, most of the time in the mid 160's. Presuming temp sensor is most likely failing.
Searching for replacement, I come up with AC Delco part generally listed as no longer available. Searching generically, lots of places want to sell me multi-purpose sensor (oil, coolant, blah blah) which doesn't look right.
Would appreciate the benefit of others' experience. Looks simple enough to change if I don't break the connector. Part sources? Tips? Watch out for? TIA
Advance Auto also carries one like that, I can like you if you'd like.
Last edited by TheBlaster9001; May 24, 2018 at 04:14 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Farmington MO
Thanks for looking. I looked at RockAuto just a day or two ago and they showed only the Ramco one for $7.78 and I was skeptical of it. NAPA says they have one (Echlin) for $48! So I guess I can get one somewhere. I'll probably wait until next oil change to replace. Do you suppose there are negative consequences (ECM for example) of not being in a hurry to replace this? Again, thank you for your help.
Racer
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Thanks for looking. I looked at RockAuto just a day or two ago and they showed only the Ramco one for $7.78 and I was skeptical of it. NAPA says they have one (Echlin) for $48! So I guess I can get one somewhere. I'll probably wait until next oil change to replace. Do you suppose there are negative consequences (ECM for example) of not being in a hurry to replace this? Again, thank you for your help.
And, for what it's worth, these sensors usually fail 'open', meaning they jusy increase in resistance until their signal to the ECM is essentially non-existent.
So short answer: you'll be fine, I doubt the ECM even looks at this sensor for anything meaningful, since it's only really useful for the dash dusplay.
