oil pressure sensor....help.

[lostdude]

Hi guys, i recently posted a couple of days ago about my I6 au leaking alot of oil , continually dripping and it turns out its the oil pressure senor (i think its called?) its a sensor on the right side of the engine when facing towards the car, anyway when i accelerate it spits out oil, has anyone had experience replacing it? do i need to take off the throttle body and injectors to reach it?
is there a better way cause it looks pretty tight and hard to get to.

any help would be really appreciated thanks.

[EvilChief]

best way is from underneath

[bodes-sh]

^that or take the intake snorkel out and you should have enough room

[lostdude]

thanks guys, i just took off the air intake as you suggested and there is just enough room.
The sensor cracked at the plastic bit, hope it isn't too expensive when i go to ford spares tomorrow.

[blackers10]

if its anything like the EL V8 item it should be around $9 from repco

[GK]

Originally Posted by lostdude

thanks guys, i just took off the air intake as you suggested and there is just enough room.
The sensor cracked at the plastic bit, hope it isn't too expensive when i go to ford spares tomorrow.

Oil pressure sensor is about $25 or something, the oil pressure sender unit (for the oil pressure gauge on higher spec models) is around $50.

All the best with it.

GK

[EvilChief]

Originally Posted by blackers10

if its anything like the EL V8 item it should be around $9 from repco

u can use a generic oil presser switch ... they are all the same so yer a $9 repco one will do fine

[lostdude]

thanks for the help guys. I went to repco today and they didn't have stock so i went to bursons and they had one for 11.50.
Everything is fitted and so far so good (fingers crossed).

All in all the leak was damn hard to find, cause at idle it doesn't leak only after i accelerated pretty hard then it would squirt out from the back of the sensor.