Oil temp sender leaking (S6 and 4kq)

[Jim Green]

--- William Perron <w_perron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Guys-
> The oil temp sender is leaking on both my S6 and
> 4kq. 
> I have verified that is actually the sender and not
> the crank seal or oil pump bolts that are leaking in
> both cases.  My question is this, since it is
> threaded
> into the oil pump, will I loose the pump prime when
> I
> change the senders?  If yes, how do I go abou
> re-priming?

No, you'll be fine, it's after the pump gear.  If for
some reason you do loose your prime, pull out the
plunger that fits on top of the spring(if it's not
already out) and pull a suction through the temp
sender hole.

HTH,


=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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