Oil sender

[Aussiemj]

Hi guys

My oil pressure gauge not working on my 1990 truck. Is this right sender

Paul

[watchamakalit]

Yes sir it is.  Make sure you clean the electrical connection when you install the new one.  Corrosion can cause issues with the gauge. 

[Aussiemj]

Thanks

[jamcomanche]

@eaglescout526 I've had an issue where my oil pressure gauge is pegged out to the right since I bought the Jeep.  I bought a new single blade Oil Pressure switch to replace what was in it, but that did not fix the issue. 

 

I read somewhere on here that I should have 2 Oil Pressure Sensors, but I can only find one to the right of the distributor on my engine.  I don't see one of the larger gauge senders anywhere, or even a place to put it.

 

I noticed on Rock Auto, they list two different types of senders.  A "Light" Sender like the one above, or a "Gauge" sender like the one here:

 

Do I need to swap the smaller sender over to this one?  If so, I barely have any room for it. As it is, I had to put a 90 degree fitting in the block just so I could put the smaller  sender on. Otherwise the motor mount was in the way.

[eaglescout526]

1 hour ago, jamcomanche said:

@eaglescout526 I've had an issue where my oil pressure gauge is pegged out to the right since I bought the Jeep.  I bought a new single blade Oil Pressure switch to replace what was in it, but that did not fix the issue. 

 

I read somewhere on here that I should have 2 Oil Pressure Sensors, but I can only find one to the right of the distributor on my engine.  I don't see one of the larger gauge senders anywhere, or even a place to put it.

 

I noticed on Rock Auto, they list two different types of senders.  A "Light" Sender like the one above, or a "Gauge" sender like the one here:

 

Do I need to swap the smaller sender over to this one?  If so, I barely have any room for it. As it is, I had to put a 90 degree fitting in the block just so I could put the smaller  sender on. Otherwise the motor mount was in the way.

 

Wellllll in theory you could have two, you would just need two ports and have one sender and one gauge if you have a damn good know how and wire in a lamp into the info center of the cluster if you have gauges. Now if your swapping from the idiot light to the gauge, you’ll need the bigger one to swap in place of the smaller switch. but otherwise we can only have one at a time, not both. The ECU does not need oil pressure as info for it to operate. The one in the original post is the only location for the sender/sensor
 

I highly recommend Mopar sensors as we can still get them and not at such a ridiculous price too

[cruiser54]

Gauge=big sending unit

Idiot light=little switch. 

[jamcomanche]

13 hours ago, eaglescout526 said:

 

Wellllll in theory you could have two, you would just need two ports and have one sender and one gauge if you have a damn good know how and wire in a lamp into the info center of the cluster if you have gauges. Now if your swapping from the idiot light to the gauge, you’ll need the bigger one to swap in place of the smaller switch. but otherwise we can only have one at a time, not both. The ECU does not need oil pressure as info for it to operate. The one in the original post is the only location for the sender/sensor
 

I highly recommend Mopar sensors as we can still get them and not at such a ridiculous price too

 

3 hours ago, cruiser54 said:

Gauge=big sending unit

Idiot light=little switch. 

 

Thanks! Now I just need to figure out how to make the bigger sender fit. I can't use the same fitting I have now. 



Does everybody just get their Mopar parts from the stealership?  All the Mopar sites online I've managed to find only sell parts going back to 1994.

[eaglescout526]

10 minutes ago, jamcomanche said:

Does everybody just get their Mopar parts from the stealership?  All the Mopar sites online I've managed to find only sell parts going back to 1994

Usually everyone on here contacts me and gets a price. 
And the newer ones are skinny and should fit right where that sender is.