oil warning light sender/Re: coolant temp sensor pic

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I had to laugh at myself thinking about Huw's response and my confusion later, since it was only last
weekend I replaced the coolant temp sender responsible for the gauge with a different one.  I was just too
anxious about the stupid oil light to think clearly about much of anything.  That and the exhaust manifold
tick got way loud all of a sudden, compounding my aggravation.

Here's a question.  How often have people experienced a repeated failure of the sender for the oil warning
light, after biting the bullet and replacing it with the near $100 replacement part?  (Where's the best place
to get one of these?  I have an inquiry in with TPC, and got a price back from SJM ($96.15).  Seems damn
expensive to me, especially if they just break sometime between immediately and 16 years.)

If a new part is as likely to fail as the original ones are, then maybe I'll just do without a bulb in the warning
light at all.  Most cars don't have such a warning anyhow, I believe.  And I think the I5's are pretty robust in
the oil pressure department, right?

Thanks,

Ken

On 5 Jul 2002 at 19:41, Huw Powell wrote:
>
> > I think I found the answer to the question regarding the sensor at the back of the head.  Apparently it's a
> > coolant temp sensor.  Interesting that I didn't notice the gauge not working when it wasn't originally
> > hooked up tho'.
>
> That's because, as I recall, it is the thermo time switch, which
> controls the cold start valve (6th injector).
>
> the gauge sender is in the rad. hose neck.