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Oil Sender Removal/Install


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Looks like the stock switch is threaded into a short block that protrudes from the engine.
Adding a aftermarket oil pressure sensor, what's the easiest way to install?
Thinking about just removing stock unit and replace with the real sensor(I don't care about the stock gauge) - what would I use to remove the stock sensor from the little block it's threaded into. Didn't look like there's a place a wrench would fit.
 


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thats what i did with mine, i have an aftermarket electronic oil sender, i just took off the factory crap one and replaced it was a pain but it works, the only other problem is the cluster gauge for your factory oil sender, it will show L on your dash and you will have a "CHECK GAUGE" light on, i just removed the lightbulb and learned to deal with the "L" on my dash, i tried to ground\route it with the aftermarket oil sender but it actually dropped my voltage to the Aftermarket giving me a false reading.
 

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Oh sorry i didnt read all the way through your posting, the way i removed mine is the sender first then the adapter, cleaned out the adapter and put it back in then put in the aftermarket sender, it was quite a task having to be a contortionist to get the wrench up there.
 

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How did you remove the sender from the adapter block thing?
What wrench?

Yea, my check engine light was removed a while ago too, haha
 

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i just used a pair of channel locks to remove the sender from the adapter block then used a reg wrench for the adapter. You dont have to take the adapter out but i did because it looked kinda crappy inside of it.
 

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channel lock, of course. My brain must be tired
 

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happens to the best of us man, i left a 2ft pry bar under my hood yesterday. Not sure how i managed that lol.
 

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I used a combination of channel locks and adjustable wrench to remove mine. I did not want to have a dead factory oil pressure gauge though so I used a tee fitting on the factory adapter and then mounted my two sending units to that. It works really good.
 

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Just a quick dumb question, removing the block from the engine, will oil start leaking out everywhere?

Pretty obvious it will with the engine running, but with the engine let off?
 

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Yes, it will drain the oil. I have to change mine as the plug on the end snapped off. When I took my replacement from a junkyard truck it drained the oil.
 

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