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I noticed a super slow drip (1 drop per minute) landing in my garage. Found the oil pressure sensor is only screwed in this far. Okay easy fix, right? Well it doesn’t GO in any farther. I can only hand screw it this tight. Plenty of room to put some torque on it, but I feel like it should hand-screw in much further than this...
Heres the sensor removed. I googled the part number as well, and found like 40 different variants, so I’m not even sure I’ve got the right thing in there. Any thoughts?
I noticed a super slow drip (1 drop per minute) landing in my garage. Found the oil pressure sensor is only screwed in this far. Okay easy fix, right? Well it doesn’t GO in any farther. I can only hand screw it this tight. Plenty of room to put some torque on it, but I feel like it should hand-screw in much further than this...
It's normal that sensor won't screw further. It's a pipe thread.
Looks like OEM sensor, but I'm not 100% sure. Do you know was the sensor removed before? If it was removed and then putted back without new thread sealer that would explain the leak.
It's normal that sensor won't screw further. It's a pipe thread.
Looks like OEM sensor, but I'm not 100% sure. Do you know was the sensor removed before? If it was removed and then putted back without new thread sealer that would explain the leak.
it definitely had thread sealer on it. And I agree it looked OEM, but I went with Billman’s advice and got a new one from Majestic just to be sure. ($25)
I believe it’s leaking because its only going in half way. The new one should be here soon and I’ll update this post with the findings.
The engine was pulled before by a haphazard DIY previous owner. A lot of stuff had been.... forcefully torqued and cross-threaded. I mean, literally everything...
Pipe thread is tapered. As the parts thread together, they form a tighter and tighter seal (but threads still leave room for liquid to pass, so sealer still necessary). But for this reason, no, the parts do not bottom out.
The seal does not take place by bottoming out (if they did, there'd be a gasket or oring at the base). Since the seal takes place in the threads themselves, pipe threaded joints should never fully bottom out.
Pipe thread is tapered. As the parts thread together, they form a tighter and tighter seal (but threads still leave room for liquid to pass, so sealer still necessary). But for this reason, no, the parts do not bottom out.
The seal does not take place by bottoming out (if they did, there'd be a gasket or oring at the base). Since the seal takes place in the threads themselves, pipe threaded joints should never fully bottom out.
Yes, you should not try to bottom-out a pipe thread fitting. You run the risk of damaging the holder (which in this case is the block). Just torque to specs and inspect the sealant for even application, around the fitting.
03-18-2021, 04:03 PM
Exhaust side Oil Pressure Sensor - Doesn’t Fit?
