oil light

mudhunt · Post by **mudhunt** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:26 pm

my oil light came on yestaday, but i checked the oil its fine and oil pressure is normal what could it be?

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:31 pm

start simple, is the sender wire still attached to the oil pressure sensor?

mudhunt · Post by **mudhunt** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:34 pm

i was four wheel driving so could well be the problem but it didnt come on till on the way home. how do i find that? sorry just got a safari dont know my way round

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:42 pm

It will be the sender itself, they are a crap design. It's down on the right hand side of the motor just in front of the oil filters. Wiring comes up and joins and clips on to a fitting attached to the intake manifold. Mine clapped out totally and I bought a new one from Nissan, was around $160 from memory.

Cheers, Jeff.

GQTROL · Post by **GQTROL** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:01 pm

mudhunt wrote:i was four wheel driving so could well be the problem but it didnt come on till on the way home. how do i find that? sorry just got a safari dont know my way round

If you were playing in water at the time it came on, then its just that the sender unit got wet. Will take a few days to dry out and then back to normal...until you play in water the next time.

New one from Nissan are about $150 and they have a breathable membrane on them to prevent this occuring.

mudhunt · Post by **mudhunt** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:09 pm

thanks mate we were in the water! ill report back later in the week if it doesnt go away

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:41 pm

Mine did it a few times. Still does after water. I bough an afterwarket one (Only coz I couldnt get one out of Nissan on a saturday as they dont sell parts on a sat)

That didnt prove all that reliable either, so I pulled my original one apart and well, it was already dry (had been a month maybe)

Since then, when ever it happens, I either just pull the boot off the back, and rive round for a few days with it off, and it dries out, or I pull the sender off (its hand tight now) and hang it over fire, or hot water cylinder.

I have also installed an after market gauge, just to keep my mind at ease)

mudhunt · Post by **mudhunt** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:04 pm

so where do i find it? so i can take the boot off

Elmo · Post by **Elmo** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:56 am

Mines just in behind the starter motor. But I have the 2.8 engine. There is 2 wres comng out, and also a rubber vent hose. All I did was pop it off and pull it back a little.

Dak · Post by **Dak** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:27 pm

As above, just towards the front of the engine from the oil filters.

Cheers, Jeff.