Balbas
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I'm ashamed to admit that I don't know how long it's not been working for, but I noticed the other day that the oil pressure light wasn't illuminating when turning the ignition on.
A quick search on here told me that it's likely not the sender (my first thought), but is likely to be the wiring from it. So a quick look later, and yup that's definitely the problem - the wires coming off the back of the sender disappear down to the top of the bell housing, but that's as far as they go - they're loose. So clearly I'm going to have to find what they should be attached to and make good the break in the wiring. But what I can't find is the other end of the loose wire(s).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do they disappear into the main loom somewhere? If so where does it reappear? I've no objections to running an entire length of new wire in if I have to, but I'd rather just repair what's there.
It's almost tempting to just put in a pressure gauge, but whilst that would be fine for me, I'd still like a big red light to appear in case of problems for when my wife is driving.
A quick search on here told me that it's likely not the sender (my first thought), but is likely to be the wiring from it. So a quick look later, and yup that's definitely the problem - the wires coming off the back of the sender disappear down to the top of the bell housing, but that's as far as they go - they're loose. So clearly I'm going to have to find what they should be attached to and make good the break in the wiring. But what I can't find is the other end of the loose wire(s).
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do they disappear into the main loom somewhere? If so where does it reappear? I've no objections to running an entire length of new wire in if I have to, but I'd rather just repair what's there.
It's almost tempting to just put in a pressure gauge, but whilst that would be fine for me, I'd still like a big red light to appear in case of problems for when my wife is driving.