cbriggs1978
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Dear all
Been suffering random failures of the oil pressure sender for a few months now, tried cleaning the connections but no improvement so I ordered a new one from Porsche and then read and read and read forum posts on the best way to do it.
Pretty much all posts I read suggested it was much easier to go in from the bottom but as I don't have ramps, I went in from the top and it took 10 minutes from start to finish (including getting tools out and putting them away!).
I know this isn't a complicated job but I just wanted to share in case others are looking to do this and thinking bottom is the best way to go!
I used a crow foot spanner, short extension and ratchet and found access tight but no scraped knuckles etc - more than enough room to do the job.
For interests sake, with the old sender, the car always read just under 1/2 a bar with ignition on, the new one reads zero. Still to give the car a good run out to see if there is a different reading when fully up to temperature.
hope the pics are self explanatory!
Been suffering random failures of the oil pressure sender for a few months now, tried cleaning the connections but no improvement so I ordered a new one from Porsche and then read and read and read forum posts on the best way to do it.
Pretty much all posts I read suggested it was much easier to go in from the bottom but as I don't have ramps, I went in from the top and it took 10 minutes from start to finish (including getting tools out and putting them away!).
I know this isn't a complicated job but I just wanted to share in case others are looking to do this and thinking bottom is the best way to go!
I used a crow foot spanner, short extension and ratchet and found access tight but no scraped knuckles etc - more than enough room to do the job.
For interests sake, with the old sender, the car always read just under 1/2 a bar with ignition on, the new one reads zero. Still to give the car a good run out to see if there is a different reading when fully up to temperature.
hope the pics are self explanatory!