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Apr 14, 2010 | 08:25 PM

ditoc5

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oil pressure sensor has been changed 3 times, works fine for about a week then guage pegs to 80. dealer thinks it might have something to do with the oil pump relief valve.

Apr 14, 2010 | 08:47 PM

byronhunter

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Does it read above zero with the Ign on, engine off?

Apr 14, 2010 | 09:03 PM

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oil pressure sensor has been changed 3 times, works fine for about a week then guage pegs to 80. dealer thinks it might have something to do with the oil pump relief valve.

Have you verified with a mechanical gauge?

Did you inspect the wiring yet? A bad ground to the OPS will cause this indication.

Apr 14, 2010 | 10:39 PM

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oil pressure sensor has been changed 3 times, works fine for about a week then guage pegs to 80. dealer thinks it might have something to do with the oil pump relief valve.

If they are not useing the brass one it will keep going bad. It also has to be torqued just right. I torqued mine to right at 15 ft lbs when I installed it a month or so ago and no problem. I also used a brass borge warner one from Oreilly auto part.

Apr 14, 2010 | 10:47 PM

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If they are not useing the brass one it will keep going bad.

Not true.

Apr 14, 2010 | 11:54 PM

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Well after using the aluminum one and it lasting a day 3 times in a row then swapping to the brass borge warner and its been in for a month or longer It definetly seems like a problem with the aluminum ones.

Apr 15, 2010 | 12:12 AM

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I installed an aluminum one a few months ago, not a problem!

Apr 15, 2010 | 12:34 AM

dirty-c5

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I installed an aluminum one a few months ago, not a problem!

Maybe I just had bad luck with them. Each one failed after the first time of driveing the car and it was the same thing. The gauge would peg even with the engine not running.