So alot of us have the oil level sensor light comes up on the check panel.
When you go to the dealer you see they sell the sendor unit for 150, and those who are lucky with CCA still have to fork over nearly 80 bucks.
Thats not the point... The point is, I took mine out to clean. I throughly look and analysed it and I can confirm that there is very VERY VERY little chance these things can even break.
All it is is a metal ball on the inside of a cylinder, when the unit is install the oil pushes the metal ball to the top of the cylinder where the wire feeds in. And when the metal ball touches the top to complete the connection. Then light goes out.
Sounds familiar? yes, exactly like the brake light circuit.
When you depress the brake and complete the connection the light goes off on the check panel. So how does it stay on? old oil gunking up on the top end of the cylinder which disallow the metal ball to make contact, OR gunking up totally and metal ball can not flow freely up to make contact. Solution?
Remove the unit first, my undoing the two bolts holding it, make sure to buy a new o ring prior to removal. You will also have to remove the wierd plug, I just unbolt the whole mount for much easier disconnection.
There are two holes one on the top end one on the bottom, just shoot brake cleaner or carb cleaner into the hole and watch the black stuff come out the other side. I would even plug on side and shoot as much in as you can, and shake it up. There will be tons of black stuf coming out, make sure you do it from both sides
Lastly, after you feel like its cleaned, put it in your favorite oil and soak it and then shake it up and drain and soak etc. This make sure you dont have brake cleaner mixed with your oil in your engine.
This mechanism is so unbelievably simple, its basically mechanical, there is nothing to break. Clean it well, spend money else where. My light has been off for a month since my cleaning, and it doesnt even try to come on. I unloaded tons and tons of black stuff from it.
When you go to the dealer you see they sell the sendor unit for 150, and those who are lucky with CCA still have to fork over nearly 80 bucks.
Thats not the point... The point is, I took mine out to clean. I throughly look and analysed it and I can confirm that there is very VERY VERY little chance these things can even break.
All it is is a metal ball on the inside of a cylinder, when the unit is install the oil pushes the metal ball to the top of the cylinder where the wire feeds in. And when the metal ball touches the top to complete the connection. Then light goes out.
Sounds familiar? yes, exactly like the brake light circuit.
When you depress the brake and complete the connection the light goes off on the check panel. So how does it stay on? old oil gunking up on the top end of the cylinder which disallow the metal ball to make contact, OR gunking up totally and metal ball can not flow freely up to make contact. Solution?
Remove the unit first, my undoing the two bolts holding it, make sure to buy a new o ring prior to removal. You will also have to remove the wierd plug, I just unbolt the whole mount for much easier disconnection.
There are two holes one on the top end one on the bottom, just shoot brake cleaner or carb cleaner into the hole and watch the black stuff come out the other side. I would even plug on side and shoot as much in as you can, and shake it up. There will be tons of black stuf coming out, make sure you do it from both sides
Lastly, after you feel like its cleaned, put it in your favorite oil and soak it and then shake it up and drain and soak etc. This make sure you dont have brake cleaner mixed with your oil in your engine.
This mechanism is so unbelievably simple, its basically mechanical, there is nothing to break. Clean it well, spend money else where. My light has been off for a month since my cleaning, and it doesnt even try to come on. I unloaded tons and tons of black stuff from it.
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