Oil pressure sender relocate kit
10-17-2015, 03:24 PM
#1
Oil pressure sender relocate kit I pop these sensors like phucking corn! 
This has to be the 6th or 7th and I was getting so good at it I could almost replace them by feel.
However, I decided that even though they are about $15 bucks a throw, the hassle was a PITA so I decided to relocate the sensor.
I bought the DAVIES C5 relocate kit #999060.
For $200.00 you can buy a lot of sensors, but if you have scraped your knuckles or removed the wiper facia, intake (or maggie) to get at the little bastard, $200.00 is cheap.
The only drawback is the sensor that DAVIES supplies with the relocate kit is not an OEM CTS-V replacement (it has different threads) so when you blow out that sensor you can't use the stock unit, so don't order it for a replacement.
IMO it was worth doing.
This has to be the 6th or 7th and I was getting so good at it I could almost replace them by feel.
However, I decided that even though they are about $15 bucks a throw, the hassle was a PITA so I decided to relocate the sensor.
I bought the DAVIES C5 relocate kit #999060.
For $200.00 you can buy a lot of sensors, but if you have scraped your knuckles or removed the wiper facia, intake (or maggie) to get at the little bastard, $200.00 is cheap.
The only drawback is the sensor that DAVIES supplies with the relocate kit is not an OEM CTS-V replacement (it has different threads) so when you blow out that sensor you can't use the stock unit, so don't order it for a replacement.
IMO it was worth doing.
Last edited by heavymetals; 10-17-2015 at 06:21 PM.
10-17-2015, 04:56 PM
#2
I just took one of these off a car I bought recently and was thinking what a waste of money it was.
http://www.dpecorvettes.com/gpage7.html
Wonder why you keep blowing these? Have you been using the Standard PS308T?
http://www.dpecorvettes.com/gpage7.html
Wonder why you keep blowing these? Have you been using the Standard PS308T?
10-17-2015, 05:15 PM
#3
The aluminum body pressure sensor is a well known POS.
As for the brass body ones, they last a little bit longer.
It isn't just me either popping these either.
If you really want to shorten the life of the sensor, rev the motor a bit when the oil is cold.
10-18-2015, 07:05 AM
#7
On a stock intake V I was able to swap mine out in 5 minutes. The stock unit failed after 120k miles. Atleast I think it was the original. The brass body napa unit I put in which was actually a bdw part lasted a week ...... I bought another one at advance auto which was labeled as bdw... Still going 10k later.