what did i break (pic included!)
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what did i break (pic included!)
I was pulling the intake off tonight and broke a sensor/solenoid of some kind. It sits directly behind the intake manifold towards the drivers side. It has a single pin wire connector coming to it. It fell behind the engine block but didnt hit the floor. Its probably chilling on my bell housing right now.
You can see the rest of it in the picture where it screws into the block. Any idea what this thing is?
You can see the rest of it in the picture where it screws into the block. Any idea what this thing is?
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That would be a broken Oil Pressure Sending Unit (OPSU).
I don't have any experience with installing one, but its a pretty common mishap when removing the intake from one of these cars. (Somehow I managed not to break mine when I installed my LS6 Intake.) I do know you'll definitely wanna replace it before reinstalling your Intake. It's supposed to be nearly impossible to get to with the Intake in place.
Good luck, man.
I don't have any experience with installing one, but its a pretty common mishap when removing the intake from one of these cars. (Somehow I managed not to break mine when I installed my LS6 Intake.) I do know you'll definitely wanna replace it before reinstalling your Intake. It's supposed to be nearly impossible to get to with the Intake in place.
Good luck, man.
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They are pretty common to fail anyways, and cheap if I remember right. So its probably a good thing to replace it while you have the manifold off anyways.
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Yup! Broke mine too. I tried to save money and NOT get the socket. When I put everything back together, the OPSU would project oil out at around 3k RPM. Lol. After that, I bought the socket and, with the manifold still on, I slipped my hand back there, popped the wire off, slipped the socket on, slipped the wrench on, and got it tight. It's actually fairly easy to get to with everything assembled... Well, for an f-body
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Yup! Broke mine too. I tried to save money and NOT get the socket. When I put everything back together, the OPSU would project oil out at around 3k RPM. Lol. After that, I bought the socket and, with the manifold still on, I slipped my hand back there, popped the wire off, slipped the socket on, slipped the wrench on, and got it tight. It's actually fairly easy to get to with everything assembled... Well, for an f-body