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Person of Wisdom ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Bloomington Member No.: 97 ![]() |
Hey guys. I noticed my oil pressure dropping rapidly on the way home the other day, i pulled aside and put some more oil into it and limped it home, only to figure out the piece pictured below had a hairline crack and was leaking oil. By the time i got back to look at the car (an hour or so later) all of the oil had leaked out, nothing was on the dipstick!! I reached up to touch this part and snap, it just broke off like that (and the threads are still in the housing)
![]() My question is....what the hell is this piece? I tried finding something similar to it at autozone with no luck, they only carry the oil temp sending unit. Am i going to have to order this from mitsubishi exactly or what? and how am i going to get the rest of the threaded fitting out of the housing. I tried using an extractor but the broken off stud is just too tight, so for now i just tightened the extractor down and thats what is plugging the hole ![]() Thanks for the help if provided, and if any of you have that piece sitting around or in a parts car you might have i'd be glad to take it off your hands!! Thanks -------------------- 1990 Nissan 300ZX T
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![]() Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Moderators Posts: 1,156 Joined: 23-September 02 Member No.: 16 ![]() |
the larger one is the pressure sender, the smaller is the level sensor. Basically, from my knowledge of not having the sensor connected before, if it's not connected you 'should' get an oil light lit on your instrument cluster. The pressure sender will manifest itself in the form of no visible oil pressure on the sweep style gauge.
This peice you've taken a picture of was definately rigged in there. I probably have everything you'd need to replace the whole housing which will probably be the easiest way to fix this problem rather than trying to extract the part of the thread that is stuck in the AL housing. My guess is that the sensors are perfectly fine, but I've got those too. You're from Bloomington right? unfortunately I'm not really mobile right now, so going to the garage and checking what parts I do have is a really big deal for me. I'll see what I can do. PM me if you're interested. -------------------- my cars breath smells like car food
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