New AE86 help needed identifying sensor

[phill 92]

Hello everyone,

I have just purchased James from driftworks Levin coupe
Ad here: http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-ca...coupe.html

The car is so fun to drive but tbh I think I may of jumped in to quick with this buy! Im starting to doubt wether i can live with it as a daily and I'm considering selling it!!

Anyway the car has a slight oil leak from the oil filter, so i got up and attempted to swap in a new one this morning, however in the struggle of getting it undone i knocked a cable and its now hanging in the bay where it wasnt before! i cant for the life of me find where it should go!

Basically its a yellow cable with a flat small black plastic head. I have highlighted it in the attached photo (before i knocked it out) you may have to zoom in though. From the picture it looks as though it should be located on the passenger side of the block about mid way up just behind the cambelt cover (towards the front of the block) I'm in need if help as im to scared to turn it over with the cable out incase its like a cam position sensor and i f**k my engine! Any help would be appreciated!

[totta Crolla]

Hello mate, welcome by the way

The wire is almost certainly for the oil pressure sender.
One half of the plastic shroud is solid and the other half has a sort of cut
out ?
The tricky bit is refitting it onto the sender although yours should
be easier as you don't appear to have power steering.
There is a picture of the sender in a post by "project D"
here:
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/4a-ge-oil...ure+sender

(The wire is not attached in his picture)

hth,
TC

[phill 92]

Thank you for the welcome

Yer that sounds about right!

Thanks for the help I'll see if I can sort it tonight!