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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:35 pm 
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Ok can anybody help me with a picture or explain what the proper oil sender unit should look like to suit my 5 ltr it is in a DC LTD which has a sports dash instead of the digital dash :roll: I have changed the actual oil guage to try and rectify a poor reading but nothings changed so it could be the wrong sender unit... help please

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:54 pm 
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the unit is the same as the 6cyl falcons

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:18 pm 
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I think it will need an extension because I tried a 6 cyl one and it didn't fit... is there a special shaft of will any extension do the job :?: ...
thanks for your help

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:40 pm 
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on my EF XR8 there was a extension piece for the oil pressure switch as the gauge one is a lot longer than the idiot light version

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:59 pm 
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Great this means now I will have to buy the extension and another sender as I have sold the 6 cyl sender, (last time I listen to some idiot in a spare parts place) after asking this idiot was it the right sender 3 times he replied yes and took the $55-00 from me and the end result is a useless bit of plastic and metal (damd you Auto pro) :roll:

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:01 pm 
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ok my next question is who out there has the extension and the sender and for how much????

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:01 pm 
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Genuine ford, bout 85 from memory, also need a deep long socket to get the original out.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:19 pm 
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Just ask for an oil pressure sender for an EB-ED XR8. If they try to give you a little thing that looks like a oil pressure switch give it back...it's wrong. The actual sender is quite large( at least 40mm diameter) and they ain't cheap so don't get one from ford. The last one I bought was about $80.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:27 am 
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thanks guys hopefully this will sort out the poor reading on the oil guage :D

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:26 pm 
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does a new oil pressure sender unit come with wires attached?
or do you plug your existing into the new unit?

Is it easier changing the sensor during an oil change while the oil filter is off?

Can a faulty sensor which reads too high when at idle and about 3/4 during driving cause poor fuel economy?

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