Different oil pressure sensor positions...why?

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Apr 28, 2009 | 06:30 PM

creepingdeath94

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Different oil pressure sensor positions...why?

Just curious if anyone has come across a reason why the oil pressure sensor went from off the oil filter housing area on the early model engines to behind the intake on 94+? Any plus or minus or do they achieve exactly the same result in either location with zero benefit or detriment either way?

Apr 28, 2009 | 06:38 PM

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While it might read slightly lower at the top of the block than by the oil filter, there is absolutely no benefit/detriment to using either location. It's simply a sensor that allows you to gauge your oil pressure.

Apr 28, 2009 | 07:13 PM

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Should be the same pressure at either location. They might have moved it in preparation for cat converter clearance on later models, but who knows. It doesn't really matter.

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