Oil Pressure Sender: Service and Repair

WM 170419 Removing and installing oil-pressure sender








Removing oil-pressure sender

Removing oil-pressure sender

Warning: Risk of injury from hot engine and hot engine fluids.
^ Danger of burns, scalding, damage to skin, injury to the eyes.

-> Do not carry out work on the engine while it is hot.

Oil-pressure sender tool





^ 1 - Crowfoot wrench a/f 19 NR.11-1 (snap-on).
^ 2 - Extension 3/8-inch, 16° moveable NR.15.

1. Remove both cable plugs in engine compartment (cylinder head cover, side 4-6).
2. Remove cover plate for ignition coils. Unscrew two M6 Torx screws and remove plate.





Note: The sender is removed from and fitted onto the underside of the engine, therefore the direction of rotation must be observed.

^ Undo: in a clockwise direction.
^ Tighten: in an anticlockwise direction.

3. Remove oil-pressure sender with Extension 3/8-inch, 16° moveable NR.15 and a crowfoot wrench a/f 19 NR.11-1 -1-. Use a long, 3/8-inch extension -2- also.





Installing oil-pressure sender

Installing oil-pressure sender
1. Position oil-pressure sender with new sealing ring on cylinder head cover, side 4-6.

Note: The sender is removed from and fitted onto the underside of the engine, therefore the direction of rotation must be observed.

^ Undo: in a clockwise direction.
^ Tighten: in an anticlockwise direction.

2. Tighten sender using the specified tools. -> Tightening torque: 30 Nm (22 ftlb.).





3. Fit cover plate, tighten two M6 Torx screws. -> Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)
4. Insert cable plug in engine compartment.