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Low Oil Level Sensor (plug)

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Noobz347

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You get a light but you don't get a code.

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That's [if] there is a path to ground. Removed, you get nothing.

There's no fail-safe that says, "Idiot, you don't have a sensor".
 

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Noobz347 said:
You get a light but you don't get a code.

Edit:
That's [if] there is a path to ground. Removed, you get nothing.

There's no fail-safe that says, "Idiot, you don't have a sensor".
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And apparently none to say it the sender is unplugged. So I better check the circuit and get that burning oil smell (after it is parked for a week or two) that is not showing up as a drip found.I expect my Corvair to smell a little like that, but not my 5.0.
 

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7991LXnSHO said:
And apparently none to say it the sender is unplugged. So I better check the circuit and get that burning oil smell (after it is parked for a week or two) that is not showing up as a drip found.I expect my Corvair to smell a little like that, but not my 5.0.
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I had a Mitsubishi once with the same kind of setup. It ate itself without so much as a peep.
 
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Nope. None for the oil pressure gauge either, although that one is a bit easier to tell if it’s dead.
 

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So i can finally make my car stop using oil just by unplugging the low oil sender? Awesome!
 
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Wayne Waldrep said:
So i can finally make my car stop using oil just by unplugging the low oil sender? Awesome!
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Ahhhhh, no.
 

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Wayne Waldrep said:
So i can finally make my car stop using oil just by unplugging the low oil sender? Awesome!
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If it’s dripping, it has oil. It’s when the parking space is clean and dry, that is you have to worry.
 
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You may have a hard time finding a drain plug or any other plug with that size
Just get a sensor if time is of the essence
Wrecking yard is the source five not 60
 

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manicmechanic007 said:
You may have a hard time finding a drain plug or any other plug with that size
Just get a sensor if time is of the essence
Wrecking yard is the source five not 60
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It's a typical foreign car size, Honda and some German stuff....any parts store will have it
 
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It’s 20mm 1.5 pitch.

I believe it’s a common subaru oil plug so any parts store will have it. I bought mine at autozone for $5
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
It’s 20mm 1.5 pitch.

I believe it’s a common subaru oil plug so any parts store will have it. I bought mine at autozone for $5
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So does that mean your Mustang will go faster in the snow?
 
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