Oil Pressure Sender: Service and Repair

Removing and installing oil-pressure sender

Tools





Removing oil-pressure sender

WARNING: Danger of injury from hot engine parts.
^ Risk of burns, damage to skin, injury to the eyes.
^ Do not work on the engine while it is hot.





Oil-pressure sender tool
^ 1 -Crowfoot wrench a/f 19 NR.11-1 (snap-on).
^ 2 -Extension 3/8-inch, 16° moveable NR.15.

1. Remove both cable plugs in engine compartment (cylinder head cover, side 4-6).





2. Remove cover plate for ignition coils. Unscrew two M6 Torx screws and remove plate.





Note: The sender is removed from and fitted onto the underside of the engine, therefore the direction of rotation must be observed.

^ Undo: in a clockwise direction.
^ Tighten: in an anticlockwise direction.
3. Remove oil-pressure sender with Extension 3/8-inch, 16° moveable N R.15 and a crowfoot wrench a/ f 19 NR.11-1-1-. Use a long, 3/8-inch extension -2- also.

Installing oil-pressure sender

1. Position oil-pressure sender with new sealing ring on cylinder head cover, side 4-6.





Note: The sender is removed from and fitted onto the underside of the engine, therefore the direction of rotation must be observed.
^ Undo: in a clockwise direction.
^ Tighten: in an anticlockwise direction.

2. Tighten sender using the specified tools. Tightening Torque: 30 (22 ft. lb.) Nm.
3. Fit cover plate, tighten two M6 Torx screws. Tightening Torque: 10 (7.5 ft. lb.) Nm
4. Insert cable plug in engine compartment.