3.6 Pentastar oil pressure sender woes.....
F me running.....The whole cooler assembly is trash. Upon reinstalling it after I replaced the knock sensor plug and installed blue gasket O-rings. I determined the black plastic base was warped (common from the aluminum Dorman replacement product site) , I could see light under the cooler stack. I removed the metal cooler stack and the 4 O-rings were as flat as the housing so there was very little compression left in them. Tried to work with what I had and put it all back together and now the thing is leaking water pretty good down there. I found a brand new one on Ebay in LA so its only a 4 day delivery time. Brand new assembly, including the 2 sensors AND the oil filter cartridge! I've had this intake off so many times I may as well put a zipper on it. Got it down to about 20 minutes with all the tools on hand. So to be clear the housing actually has 10 O-rings: 4 set in the base, one external around the oil stub, 4 under the metal cooler and one on top of the removeable plate on the bottom. 2 clips and some prying will pop it out but I doubt that one ever goes bad. Mine is leaking under the metal cooler stack to the base. Those 4 gaskets are 1/2 as much as an entire new housing.
or just an entire new one
F me running.....The whole cooler assembly is trash. Upon reinstalling it after I replaced the knock sensor plug and installed blue gasket O-rings. I determined the black plastic base was warped (common from the aluminum Dorman replacement product site) , I could see light under the cooler stack. I removed the metal cooler stack and the 4 O-rings were as flat as the housing so there was very little compression left in them. Tried to work with what I had and put it all back together and now the thing is leaking water pretty good down there. I found a brand new one on Ebay in LA so its only a 4 day delivery time. Brand new assembly, including the 2 sensors AND the oil filter cartridge! I've had this intake off so many times I may as well put a zipper on it. Got it down to about 20 minutes with all the tools on hand. So to be clear the housing actually has 10 O-rings: 4 set in the base, one external around the oil stub, 4 under the metal cooler and one on top of the removeable plate on the bottom. 2 clips and some prying will pop it out but I doubt that one ever goes bad. Mine is leaking under the metal cooler stack to the base. Those 4 gaskets are 1/2 as much as an entire new housing.
or just an entire new one
