I was taking this sensor off of the block to replace it and the housing broke.
Can this be fixed for a reasonable cost or am i screwed, and is this sensor that important?
Im not sure what it is, i looked in all three of my chiltons and cant find out what it is. Any help would be appreciated.
thats your oil pressure switch. your motor will spew oil without it plugged. your best bet now is to have the hole plugged or welded up and run a oil filter sandwich plate with a npt fitting for your oil pressure.
i the second pic it looks like there might be enough thread to put the sensor in and not have it leak. I personally wouldn’t do it. From the looks of the pics though the block is out of the car, I’d call this block done and find a new one. If it’s a dd, throw it back in and see if she leaks.
i have the sandwich plate for the ls/vtec conversion. so as long as i plug the hole it should be fine?
yea its on an engine stand, but its gonna be an ls/vtec revving to 9k plus, so hopefully i get more of a firm answer.
plug it and you will be fine. same thing happened to lazy’s motor. But remember your motor will see probably 70-80psi+ of oil pressure so however you plug it make sure its a good fix.
alright. Thanks for the input. pming you.
anybody wanna make a few bucks and come and weld this shit closed? pm me for details.
You might be able to get away with a bolt and some jb weld to close it up. Make sure you have the thread. And as far as welding it not sure if anyone is going to have a portable machine to weld aluminum but maybe.
i have an ls block if all else fails…
well its worth a shot.
going to a gsr block if this fails, i got this block on the cheap, and its bored and has pistons. So if I cant find a way to plug the whole, im just gonna build a gsr block. thanks anyways.
i would just get a bsp (its british standard pipe taper thread not NPT) plug and thread it in there with a bunch of teflon tape and see how it fits. Then get the filter sandwich plate as previously mentioned.
you may be able to cut it off and retap it deeper…
best bet is to weld it up.
yea im trying to find someone with a tig welder to do it for me.