i just changed one of my radiator hoses last nite. oil cooler to T joint. after that, my oil pressure stopped working. is there something wrong with my wiring? or something wrong with the hose? i have absolutely no idea.

please help. i haev school on monday.

 

The wire for the op sender is right where that hose is. Big round gold lookin thing. You probably knocked off the connector when you replaced the hose.

 

cool, ill check it out right now. im not sure how its suppose to be connected. ill try to take a picture of it right now.

 

It is often referred to as a "bell-shape". There should be a connector at the top of the bell.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...d/107_0737.jpg

thers a pic of the wire. im not exactly sure of where to plug it tho. ill look for the bell shape. is it under the oil cooler?

would i be able to see it from the top or under the car?

 

Under the oil cooler on the pedestal is a round sending unit with a 'tit' dead center. It faces toward the drivers side quarter panel. That single wire connector in the picture slides and 'snaps' into the tit.

Normally the sender is gold covered, yours is 'crud' covered. Get a rag or some spray degreaser and clean that 'tit' connector and sending unit well. Try to clean the single wire connector too. I'm surprised if you were getting a decent reading (or any reading for that matter) as dirty as that puppy is!

 

looks like you need to change those o-rings on the beehive or something..

 

thanks a lot guys. found it under the crud. yea, my engine bay really messed up. the cooler is leaking like no tomorrow. ill get a new engine by summer...hopefully.

thanks for the help guys

 

While you're at it you might want to consider switching over to an under-rad oil-to-air oil cooler rather than the oil-to-coolant "beehive" arrangement you currently have. If you go this route, remove the beehive BEFORE the new engine is installed because it's a bitch to get off once placed in the engine bay. Otherwise the swap is easy and straight forward.