oil pressure sensor ????
oil pressure sensor ???? I have a 2000 trans am. I was wondering if the sensor is broken will it leak oil? I have a small leak. Also my oil gauge flickers around 25psi..thanks in advance
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i had the same problem of oil leaking and could never find it. Well the pcv was broken right behind the intake and leaked oil all behind the engine and onto the bottom of the car. Your oil pressure sensor probably just needs to be replaced.
If your oil leak is coming from uptop behind the intake, then it is most likely the OPSU or as stated, one of the PCV lines, those lines start to get brittle after a while....
Thanks for the input ...would that sensor also make the reading low and jump around a little on my gauge? Also how much oil could leak from that sensor? I had the car idling for 30 mins, moved the car and had a about a 1 foot circle of oil on the ground ...thanks
yea i broke mine clean off but it still had the membrane on it so to speak and held forever. but eventually it popped off so yea it will eventually get loose enough to leak if its broke. and just replace it its not worth ruining you motor over yea it has a lot of pressure on it so it will leak a lot.
Thanks I just bought the car with these problems. I figured that it was probably the sender..but haven't had a chance to tear into it..I just wanted to get a little input on it ...because other then the sensor, I was going to blame the rear main seal. Thanks for all the input guys I appreciate it.
