Hi,
The oil pressure sender is playing up on my car. It was showing decent oil pressure on startup but I noticed that it had dropped to next to nothing when it was warm. Then it would show 40....
So I took it off and sprayed some carb cleaner in it and now it isn't showing any oil pressure at all.
The gauge shoots up if I short out the sender wire so I know that is ok.
My question is, do I need to spend ?40 (plus ?10 carriage) on an over priced Jag sender or is there an alternative I could use. It's only a regular sender after all!
Thanks
Richard
Oil pressure sender - Jag or is there an alternative
#1 Oil pressure sender - Jag or is there an alternative
Richard
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1972 S3 2+2 - Black with Red leather, 4 Speed and Wires
1966 S Type 3.8 MOD - ex South Africa
1994 XJS V12 coupe - 59,000 miles
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1972 S3 2+2 - Black with Red leather, 4 Speed and Wires
1966 S Type 3.8 MOD - ex South Africa
1994 XJS V12 coupe - 59,000 miles
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Only two alternatives I know of are to use the JEC sender and gauge (not sure it is still available) or fit a mechanical sender and gauge. There is a thread on doing it in the Upgrades forum.
David Jones
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They are notoriously fickle, I'm on about my 5th one.
As David's excellent thread explains the only truely reliable method is a proper mechanical gauge but I dont think the JEC one is avaliable any more.
Does anyone know if the S3 oil supply system includes a PRV (pressure regulating Valve) as know they can stick open sometimes in some instances and give low readings?
As David's excellent thread explains the only truely reliable method is a proper mechanical gauge but I dont think the JEC one is avaliable any more.
Does anyone know if the S3 oil supply system includes a PRV (pressure regulating Valve) as know they can stick open sometimes in some instances and give low readings?
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Jaguar spares do a kit for ?135 + vat.
Tempting but quite a bit more than a regular sender. Think I'll stick with the standard one for now and if I continue to have problems I'll invest in a mechanical one.
Tempting but quite a bit more than a regular sender. Think I'll stick with the standard one for now and if I continue to have problems I'll invest in a mechanical one.
Richard
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1972 S3 2+2 - Black with Red leather, 4 Speed and Wires
1966 S Type 3.8 MOD - ex South Africa
1994 XJS V12 coupe - 59,000 miles
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1966 S Type 3.8 MOD - ex South Africa
1994 XJS V12 coupe - 59,000 miles
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Stuck on a new standard sender and the oil pressure is fine, about 60-70 psi hot or cold
Richard
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1966 S Type 3.8 MOD - ex South Africa
1994 XJS V12 coupe - 59,000 miles
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