Leaky Oil Sending Unit???

[Henry A Harper III]

I have had two of these oil pressure senders fail, leaking through the body
of the sender, on my GTI. Dealer did one, I did the other so I'm not sure
if it is two of the same variety or each one has now been replaced - there
are one lower and one higher pressure switch sitting next to each other on
top of the oil filter mount on this car.

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com  hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 116k, no oily troubles yet
1988 GTI 16v, 225k, have also replaced front main seal and valve cover
gasket, ought to do distributor seal too sometime

On Friday, June 07, 2002 3:25 PM, Kneale Brownson
[SMTP:knotnook at traverse.com] wrote:
> --
> 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:
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >At 04:51 PM 6/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >>--
> >>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.
> >>
> >>Anyway, this thing has a 22mm hex body and is tight already, so it must
be
> >>leaking out of itself?????
> >>
> >>Do I lose all the oil from the engine if I replace it????
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>Anyone else have trouble with this fixture?
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >Peter Schulz
> >1990 CQ
> >1991 200 20v TQW indigo mica
> >1991 200 20v TQW titanium grey
> >Chelmsford, MA USA
> >peschulz at cisco.com
> >
> >
> >
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