Oil Pressure Sender: Service and Repair

WM 170419 Removing and installing oil-pressure sender








Removing 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, 160 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

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.