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Oil pressure sending unit location?

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Old 04-06-2011, 10:09 PM
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Oil pressure sending unit location?

Was wonderin where the oil pressue sending unit is located in a 1992 F150 with a 302. Any help is appreciated.
 
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Old 04-06-2011, 11:10 PM
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Right in front of the oil filter. Behind the AC/PS bracket.
 
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Old 04-07-2011, 07:22 AM
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Alright. Will replacing this fix my oil pressure gauge? The needle on my gauge is always showing completely low oil pressure. When i take off from a stop, it moves to about mid range and then goes right back to low.
 
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Maybe. Just be aware that your OP gauge is not really a gauge, it's an idiot light. The sender is only an on-off switch that comes on at 7 psi. There is a resistor on the back of the gauge that makes it read in the "normal" range when grounded by the sender.
 
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It should fix it. Really no point in replacing it. Just put an aftermarket gauge in.

My stock gauge shows very low all the time but my aftermarket is at 60psi..
 
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or just do the conversion and jump the wire on the back of your cluster and put a real OP sending unit in from say... a 85 302... There are tons of threads on here about how to do the conversion. then you get an actuall variable pressure reading on your stock cluster guage.
 
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