High Oil Pressure ...WTF
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High Oil Pressure ...WTF
I was out driving this morning and I looked and the guage is pegged at 80 
So I get home and shut the car off it still reads 42...please tell me its just a bad sensor 
So I get home and shut the car off it still reads 42...please tell me its just a bad sensor
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Originally Posted by pewter99
I was out driving this morning and I looked and the guage is pegged at 80 So I get home and shut the car off it still reads 42...please tell me its just a bad sensor
So I get home and shut the car off it still reads 42...please tell me its just a bad sensor 
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yep its a bad sensor. When you replace it., or have it replaced by someone, purchase one from a large auto parts store. DO NOT. DO NOT DO NOT go to the dealership and by the factory GM-AC Delco Sensor. Its a real piece of crud and you will be replacing it again in the very near future. Good Luck
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well..my biggest problem is I have the S/C installed so I need to go back to Norris and have them do it so nothing gets F'd up...looks like I will ba making that 90 minute drive one day soon...
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Sounds like the sensor went bad. Now quit your whining already. Don't you have a wall socket somewhere that you want to stick your tongue into? Home Depot sells safety caps for the outlets if you need them. 
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Originally Posted by 16Again
Sounds like the sensor went bad. Now quit your whining already. Don't you have a wall socket somewhere that you want to stick your tongue into? Home Depot sells safety caps for the outlets if you need them.
shut up and come fix my car so I don't have to drive to Altamonte Springs
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so long term..any problems if I don't get it replaced soon
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Originally Posted by Goonie
if it returned to normal it might have been a bad connection.
nope....reads 42 with key on and engine off..its pegged while running
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Originally Posted by pewter99
so long term..any problems if I don't get it replaced soon
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Originally Posted by FFR-Z06
The only problem I see is you don't know what your oil pressure is
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Originally Posted by pewter99
yeah thats what I figured....if it goes to zero guage or no guage I got problems
RevExtreme or AntiVenim could replace the sender for you out here in Brandon. Pain in the *** because of the location on the back of the valley cover.
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I rode around 4-6 weeks before I got it changed when mine pegged to the max. I read that if it really was that high, the dipstick would act like a missle and shoot high enough to make orbit...
Seems there is a rash of these lately...
Seems there is a rash of these lately...
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yeah if it wasn't for the SC I would do it myself...at this point it can stay broke for awhile..if that SC comes off I am adding more power
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Originally Posted by pewter99
yeah if it wasn't for the SC I would do it myself...at this point it can stay broke for awhile..if that SC comes off I am adding more power
All you need to do is remove the fuel line, disconnect the airbridge, unplug the injectors and the evap solenoid, remove the 10 bolts from the manifold (the ones that dont come out I used the plastic conduit pieces to hold the bolts up out of the way) then slide the blower forward about 4 or 5 inches to expose the sensor.
**edit**
I just relized you probably didn't install your supercharger so you don't know what I mean when I say the "plastic conduit pieces".
When the blower is bolted to the manifold the 3 forward bolts on the left side and the 1 bolt on the right under the pulley get put in and will not come out of the manifold because the blower is in the way so Magnason cut some short sections of electrical conduit to clip under the bolt head to hold it up while the blower is moved into position otherwise the bolts will gouge into the heads.
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