Mark1 low oil pressure? don't freak, Bro..

mr2tim · 11-02-2008, 07:00 PM

Wife's been drivin' my street prep'ed S/C mr2 since her Civic was distroyed by a Huge Chevy Suburban (which she walked away from BTW).

She rolled in the driveway Sunday and said "the oil presure is way low so I came home".(she's my pit crew crew chief when we race SCCA TT)

I rolled under the car and disconnected the oil pressure sender greased it heavy with electrical sillicone di-electric goo and re-connected the harness to the sender unit.

Presto chango, the reading was back to normal!!!!

I did all of this while the Miami Dolphins were at half-time and the Fish ended up kicking butt, and beat the Denver Broncos , who could ask for more?

Sincerely,

1 very Hard drivein' Florida dude.

Everett · 11-02-2008, 07:03 PM

lol, cool you fixed it! Most of my family and friends are Dolphins fans, rock on!

kbrew8991 · 11-02-2008, 07:33 PM

good thing it was just a sensor issue

328FTW · 11-02-2008, 08:01 PM

I'm going to try that cause my readings seem abnormal but as long as it isn't below quarter under throttle I don't worry to much, I had it on the L under full load on one car once and before I had time to even lift off the gas I heard a rod knocking.

briansexsmith · 03-11-2009, 03:04 PM

I have also head a intermittent issue. I was freckling out. there seams to be a small extension of the engine harness to make it all the way to the oil sender. on the non sender side of the extension there is a plug my failure was at the plug. the wire was frayed.

I cut the plug out and soldered in a wire with heat shrink tube then used a female connected to attach to the oil sender.

hope that helps someone reading

11-02-2008, 07:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
mr2tim SUPERcharZed ToyZ RacZer Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 1,789 Thanks: 8 Thanked 118 Times in 111 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	Mark1 low oil pressure? don't freak, Bro.. Wife's been drivin' my street prep'ed S/C mr2 since her Civic was distroyed by a Huge Chevy Suburban (which she walked away from BTW). She rolled in the driveway Sunday and said "the oil presure is way low so I came home".(she's my pit crew crew chief when we race SCCA TT) I rolled under the car and disconnected the oil pressure sender greased it heavy with electrical sillicone di-electric goo and re-connected the harness to the sender unit. Presto chango, the reading was back to normal!!!! I did all of this while the Miami Dolphins were at half-time and the Fish ended up kicking butt, and beat the Denver Broncos , who could ask for more? Sincerely, 1 very Hard drivein' Florida dude.

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11-02-2008, 07:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Everett Lovin' the curves! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Decatur,IL/Solomons,MD Posts: 1,446 Thanks: 42 Thanked 65 Times in 59 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	lol, cool you fixed it! Most of my family and friends are Dolphins fans, rock on!

11-02-2008, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
kbrew8991 gimme some turns Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,685 Thanks: 76 Thanked 82 Times in 70 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	good thing it was just a sensor issue

11-02-2008, 08:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
328FTW Crazy Nasty Honey Badger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,236 Thanks: 24 Thanked 266 Times in 239 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	I'm going to try that cause my readings seem abnormal but as long as it isn't below quarter under throttle I don't worry to much, I had it on the L under full load on one car once and before I had time to even lift off the gas I heard a rod knocking.

03-11-2009, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
briansexsmith No Skills Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I have also head a intermittent issue. I was freckling out. there seams to be a small extension of the engine harness to make it all the way to the oil sender. on the non sender side of the extension there is a plug my failure was at the plug. the wire was frayed. I cut the plug out and soldered in a wire with heat shrink tube then used a female connected to attach to the oil sender. hope that helps someone reading