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Mail From: "Daniel Godelfer" <(email redacted)>

Well after taking another look at it I saw the very plain and easy =
to get to 30mm nut on the sending unit. No Idea how I missed it before. =
Well I put a socket on it and turned a whole bunch of times. It never =
came out. I felt behind it and it was not coming out. It appears that =
the unit itself broke and is turning within itself. It is not leaking, =
but when I start the car it pegs all the way to 90psi. I haven't driven =
it yet, and I am wondering if I should drive it, or leave it alone. I =
feel a nut behind the switch. Can I un do that to get it out? Any =
Ideas. I am probably going to go to AutoZone and get a cheap Oil =
pressure gauge and tap it into the turbo feed hose. This sucks.....

Is the switch anyway the same as the 1.8 switch. I plan on building =
a 1.8 and don't want to waste my money on a switch, when I am going 1.8 =
anyway. =20

Thanks...

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Mail From: "Mel Hoagland" <(email redacted)>

Dan, as a veteran of the blind method of working in this area, I can =
sympathize with your plight. The hex you detect on the inside of the =
sending unit can indeed be used to remove the unit. You'll probably need =
to use a stubby wrench to get any swing on it, but if you can just get =
it loose, it should spin out by hand.

The unit is compatible with later model engines. I've got an early unit =
on my 96 1.8.

remember - above all else, HAVE FUN.

>>+^ ]

Mel
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Mel Hoagland
Hemisphere Racing Team
Wheezy 96/97 black FMII/III vrrooommmm


----- Original Message -----=20
From: Daniel Godelfer=20
To: (email redacted)=20
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: ARRRRGHHH.....Oil pressure switch!!!


Well after taking another look at it I saw the very plain and easy =
to get to 30mm nut on the sending unit. No Idea how I missed it before. =
Well I put a socket on it and turned a whole bunch of times. It never =
came out. I felt behind it and it was not coming out. It appears that =
the unit itself broke and is turning within itself. It is not leaking, =
but when I start the car it pegs all the way to 90psi. I haven't driven =
it yet, and I am wondering if I should drive it, or leave it alone. I =
feel a nut behind the switch. Can I un do that to get it out? Any =
Ideas. I am probably going to go to AutoZone and get a cheap Oil =
pressure gauge and tap it into the turbo feed hose. This sucks.....
=20
Is the switch anyway the same as the 1.8 switch. I plan on =
building a 1.8 and don't want to waste my money on a switch, when I am =
going 1.8 anyway. =20
=20
Thanks...

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Mail From: "Brian K. Dore'" <(email redacted)>



Danny,

The 1.6L sending unit has a hex head, but you aren't supposed to unscrew it from
the top; you are supposed to unscrew it from the base. You will need a thin
wrench to fit between the block and the sending unit, an adjustable wrench
probably won't cut it. It wasn't much fun changing my sender and I had the
engine out of the car with the manifold off.

You might want to get a cheap gauge just to make sure you have good oil
pressure; as far as the sending unit goes, I've heard of people changing the 96+
sending units with older ones as part of getting the late model cars to have a
dynamic oil pressure gauge instead of a static one.

Brian Dore'
Lafayette, LA

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Mail From: Eric Vaillancourt <(email redacted)>


Well that sucks. The 1.8 does accept the same sending unit. '95 and
later ones come with a cheesy idiot switch though and not a linear unit
that gives you data.

The sending unit being bad won't affect actual oil pressure, just your
ability to gauge it. Drive the car if you need to.

Eric

> Daniel Godelfer wrote:
>
> Well after taking another look at it I saw the very plain and easy
> to get to 30mm nut on the sending unit. No Idea how I missed it
> before. Well I put a socket on it and turned a whole bunch of times.
> It never came out. I felt behind it and it was not coming out. It
> appears that the unit itself broke and is turning within itself. It
> is not leaking, but when I start the car it pegs all the way to
> 90psi. I haven't driven it yet, and I am wondering if I should drive
> it, or leave it alone. I feel a nut behind the switch. Can I un do
> that to get it out? Any Ideas. I am probably going to go to AutoZone
> and get a cheap Oil pressure gauge and tap it into the turbo feed
> hose. This sucks.....
>
> Is the switch anyway the same as the 1.8 switch. I plan on
> building a 1.8 and don't want to waste my money on a switch, when I am
> going 1.8 anyway.
>
> Thanks...

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Mail From: "Daniel Godelfer" <(email redacted)>


Only problem with driving it is that I was having problems with Oil pressure
before (whether it was the gauge or not, I do not know yet). I am worried
it might be the oil pump.

Any Idea if a 2nd gen RX7 sender will work. I have a extra 13b at the
house, and tomorrow I am going to pull it off to check to see for fitment.
They use real oil pressure gauge. I will find out tomorrow.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Vaillancourt" <(email redacted)>
To: "Daniel Godelfer" <(email redacted)>
Cc: <(email redacted)>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: ARRRRGHHH.....Oil pressure switch!!!


>
> Well that sucks. The 1.8 does accept the same sending unit. '95 and
> later ones come with a cheesy idiot switch though and not a linear unit
> that gives you data.
>
> The sending unit being bad won't affect actual oil pressure, just your
> ability to gauge it. Drive the car if you need to.
>
> Eric
>
> > Daniel Godelfer wrote:
> >
> > Well after taking another look at it I saw the very plain and easy
> > to get to 30mm nut on the sending unit. No Idea how I missed it
> > before. Well I put a socket on it and turned a whole bunch of times.
> > It never came out. I felt behind it and it was not coming out. It
> > appears that the unit itself broke and is turning within itself. It
> > is not leaking, but when I start the car it pegs all the way to
> > 90psi. I haven't driven it yet, and I am wondering if I should drive
> > it, or leave it alone. I feel a nut behind the switch. Can I un do
> > that to get it out? Any Ideas. I am probably going to go to AutoZone
> > and get a cheap Oil pressure gauge and tap it into the turbo feed
> > hose. This sucks.....
> >
> > Is the switch anyway the same as the 1.8 switch. I plan on
> > building a 1.8 and don't want to waste my money on a switch, when I am
> > going 1.8 anyway.
> >
> > Thanks...