Oil Pressure Sensor....
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Le Mans Master
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Oil Pressure Sensor....
Well, something on my vette has actually broken. 
My oil pressure was reading 80PSI last night, so I know from reading the forum that the oil pressure sensor needs to be replaced.
From reading a thread this morning, it looks like the intake manifold needs to be removed to get to this sensor.
How long should this take a shop to do? I was going to make an appointment for an oil change soon anyway. What I am trying to decide is whether or not to wait or drop the car off for the day.
I don't need everyone telling me to do this myself. I don't do mechanical work. Not going to happen.
My oil pressure was reading 80PSI last night, so I know from reading the forum that the oil pressure sensor needs to be replaced.
From reading a thread this morning, it looks like the intake manifold needs to be removed to get to this sensor.
How long should this take a shop to do? I was going to make an appointment for an oil change soon anyway. What I am trying to decide is whether or not to wait or drop the car off for the day.
I don't need everyone telling me to do this myself. I don't do mechanical work. Not going to happen.
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Le Mans Master
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Sounds Good. Thank You.
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if you have done it before (removed the intake manifold) less then an hour, my 1st time on/off was about 2.5 hours taking my time going over ever thing. i can now have it off in about 15 minutes and install it in about 30 minutes
if a shop charges you more then 2 hours they either never done it or just want you to bent over a bit
if a shop charges you more then 2 hours they either never done it or just want you to bent over a bit
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Originally Posted by Stroker87
if you have done it before (removed the intake manifold) less then an hour, my 1st time on/off was about 2.5 hours taking my time going over ever thing. i can now have it off in about 15 minutes and install it in about 30 minutes
if a shop charges you more then 2 hours they either never done it or just want you to bent over a bit
if a shop charges you more then 2 hours they either never done it or just want you to bent over a bit
Taking my time now it takes me an hour. The first one took me a bit longer.
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Get a quote first
Good luck
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It doesn't really matter what it should take a shop to do the job. They're going to charge you according to what their book says how long it takes to do the job, no matter if it actually takes them much less. So knowing how long it takes diyers to do the job might be helpful but it won't be useful when it comes to having it done by a shop. They don't go by that standard.
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With a reasonable shop labor price and a good mech doing the job you should be fine. Recently my local guy said the job would be "less than a hundred" to install. I gotta supply the sensor. Still procrastinating on mine tho...
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Honestly I probably could. I just prefer mechanical work be done by the corvette shop that has always done my work-since 2007.
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It's all setup for next week.
They know I like to do some preventative stuff, so there is one more thing being done at the same time.
3.5 hours quoted for
Oil Pressure Sensor
AIR Check Valve
Intake Manifold Gaskets
I'll also get an oil change as well.
They know I like to do some preventative stuff, so there is one more thing being done at the same time.
3.5 hours quoted for
Oil Pressure Sensor
AIR Check Valve
Intake Manifold Gaskets
I'll also get an oil change as well.
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I don't think I seen it mentioned but maybe the op could have the shop relocate the sensor so the new one might last longer and be easier to change if it fails again.
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Just fyi, if the intake manifold is being removed to replace the OPS, the manifold gaskets should be replaced as well. That's just part of the job of replacing the OPS, not a separate job. You shouldn't be charged for it as such, just charged for the replacement parts (gaskets).
Good conversations in this thread. I'm sure it'll help others in the future.