Leaky Oil Sending Unit???

[Kneale Brownson]

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The sending unit itself is all WET with oil for its bottom half.  Above,
and around where it screws in, there's oil grime, but not a lot of
wetness.  The front of the pan itself has no appreciable oil and the areas
farther up above where the sending unit screws in are only a little
stained.  Wouldn't a seal leak run more down the front of the pan?

At 05:13 PM 06/07/2002 -0400, Peter Schulz wrote:

>Kneale:
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>Are you _sure_ that the crank seal isn't leaking???
>I recommend that you clean the area thoroughly, and then take a look again
>- this will give you a better indication of the actual source.
>
>-peter
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>At 04:51 PM 6/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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>>Is it the oil temperature  sending unit that sticks out of the bottom of
>>the front of the engine, sort of between the oil pan and the
>>alternator?  It has a single wire screwed into its end and a cap on the
>>wire?  I appear to have an oil leak there.  There's oil all over the
>>sending unit, inside the cap on the wire and back along the passenger side
>>of the engine.  There's some on the outer end of the oil filter too.
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>>Anyway, this thing has a 22mm hex body and is tight already, so it must be
>>leaking out of itself?????
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>>Do I lose all the oil from the engine if I replace it????
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>>I'm in the midst of an oil/filter change right now, just waiting for the
>>last drips from the Fumoto before I take the filter "shower", and I'm
>>wondering if I'll have to go through it all again in a week when I get the
>>replacement sending unit???
>>
>>Looks to me from the Family Album that it's part # 035 919 521B and has a
>>sealing washer N 013 827 2.
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>>Anyone else have trouble with this fixture?
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>Peter Schulz
>1990 CQ
>1991 200 20v TQW indigo mica
>1991 200 20v TQW titanium grey
>Chelmsford, MA USA
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