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Old 10-25-2010, 09:11 PM
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so my oil pressure gauge doesnt fit after i put my lt's on, they get in the way of that big rubber piece? what do i do?
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What big rubber piece?

If it can't be fixed, you can relocate it to the back of the intake manifold like the late 94+ cars.
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That big rubber piece is a heat shield for the sensor, you can slide it off and up the wires to get it out of the way, then slide it back on.
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I put a brass tube, with a 90* elbow on it, then put the sensor back on. Cost like $3 at Menards, and now the sensor points wires to the front of the car with no issues...
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I took that piece off.
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took what piece off? the heat shield?
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i relocated mine behind the intake manifold.
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is there a write up for relocating it, becuase that would probably be the best choice
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Originally Posted by Young camaro
took what piece off? the heat shield?
Yeah the foam/rubber thing on the sending unit. Well the car has 200k miles so it basically fell off haha.

Had to replace the sender once only because I broke it installing my headers and wondered why my gauge was spiked lmao
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