Oil Pressure Sender: Service and Repair

Removing and installing oil-pressure sender








Removing oil-pressure sender

Warning
Risk of injury from hot engine and hot engine fluids.
^ Danger of burns, scalding, damage to skin, injury to the eyes.

-> Do not carry out work on the engine while it is hot.

Oil-pressure sender tool





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.





Cover plate for ignition coils

Information
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 NR.15 and a crowfoot wrench a/f 19 NR.11-1 -1-. Use a long, 3/8-inch extension -2- also.





Tool usage - oil-pressure sender

Installing oil-pressure sender

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

Information
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 Nm (22 ftlb.).





Tool usage - oil-pressure sender

3. Fit cover plate, tighten two M6 Torx screws. -> Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)
4. Insert cable plug in engine compartment.