Oil Pressure Sending Unit
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Has anybody found a pigtail setup to extend the wire connector to the sending unit when you use the relocate kit? Looks like you need to cut the connector from the harness and splice in some wire to do this. I'd prefer to justs add a pigtail.
Found a part in Rock Auto that Standard Motor Works said would work S619 but it is only the male end. looking for the female piece that is on the sending unit. Has it been done before ?
Found a part in Rock Auto that Standard Motor Works said would work S619 but it is only the male end. looking for the female piece that is on the sending unit. Has it been done before ?
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Has anybody found a pigtail setup to extend the wire connector to the sending unit when you use the relocate kit? Looks like you need to cut the connector from the harness and splice in some wire to do this. I'd prefer to justs add a pigtail.
Found a part in Rock Auto that Standard Motor Works said would work S619 but it is only the male end. looking for the female piece that is on the sending unit. Has it been done before ?
Found a part in Rock Auto that Standard Motor Works said would work S619 but it is only the male end. looking for the female piece that is on the sending unit. Has it been done before ?
Why would you need that? What are you trying to do? You still have a fully assembled sender when you relocate. You're just plumbing an oil line to a different location and fitting.
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Wcsinx -There is not alot of extra wire back there. The relocate kit from DPE shows to mount it it on second coil pack.
Check out the website and the video. The pictures do not have the unit actually hooked up, the video shows a wire loom going to the sending unit and the kit comes with a pigtail extender to splice in. http://dpecorvettes.com/gpage7.html
I guess once I have all the parts I can fit this as Mark C5 recommends on the first coil pack.
Just looking for options.
Oldvette - did not use teflon tape sending unit had red sealant already on it.
Thanks for the inputs.
Check out the website and the video. The pictures do not have the unit actually hooked up, the video shows a wire loom going to the sending unit and the kit comes with a pigtail extender to splice in. http://dpecorvettes.com/gpage7.html
I guess once I have all the parts I can fit this as Mark C5 recommends on the first coil pack.
Just looking for options.
Oldvette - did not use teflon tape sending unit had red sealant already on it.
Thanks for the inputs.
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Here is an update. Got home and started the car and i get 53 PSI on the oil pressure gauge but now I get a "Service Engine Soon" and "check tire pressure monitoring system" The only codes that keep coming up are history code U1096 and U1064. Do you think the sending unit is shorting out. We need some help here.
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Let it warm up and once we got to temperature it went to zero oil pressure. Turn it off and re-start and we are at 32PSI. Let it run and the pressure drops off slowly. I'm guessing the short in the sending unit is heat related giving me all the other stuff. Cleared the codes and nothing is coming back. All the codes were historys. Checked all the connections I removed and reset them and they are tight.
Going to buy the DPE relocate unit and do the job again hopefully for the last time!
Going to buy the DPE relocate unit and do the job again hopefully for the last time!
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Oh nevermind, I understand what you're saying now. You want to go male plug -> female plug -> extended wire -> male plug -> female sender. With as many electrical gremlins as these cars already have, I'd personally try to minimize as many pigtail connectors as possible. I suppose you could dremel off the female plug from the old sender and macgyver something up if you wanted to go that route. I think you should just solder in new wire, liquid tape it, and call it day.
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Oh nevermind, I understand what you're saying now. You want to go male plug -> female plug -> extended wire -> male plug -> female sender. With as many electrical gremlins as these cars already have, I'd personally try to minimize as many pigtail connectors as possible. I suppose you could dremel off the female plug from the old sender and macgyver something up if you wanted to go that route. I think you should just solder in new wire, liquid tape it, and call it day.
Dremel off the sender connector...........silly........
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Inline connectors are used all over the car.
Dremel off the sender connector...........silly........
Correct, but that is making the assumption the new one already has it applied because you're replacing it with a GM part. If you are purchasing an aftermarket sender such as the Borg Warner part that may or may not be the case.
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The splice packs used on C5s are not sealed at all, which makes them subject to corrosion. The exposed grounds are not covered or sealed either. It's a poor design, but it is what it is.
Did you actually read what I posted or are you just picking out random words? I suggested using the female plug from the old sender to construct a pigtail harness out of it. Done properly, it wouldn't look any different than any other pigtail harness you might buy aftermarket.
I don't. What do you propose, just using a big glob of RTV on the area you cut off with the dremel? Yeah, that would look the same 
Just being specific here. People use these threads as guides for maintence, and someone will put sealant over sealant, not knowing better. I have not seen a factory replacement that did not have sealant on the threads yet.
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