193 Fiat Ducato 2.5 TD Oil Sensor

Hi Broms,
I have just logged on an dcannot think where it is on the unit, but i will have a squint around the engine tomorrow. I think it will be around the front of the engine as i was trying to get the older type sensor that pumps the oil presure upto a dial and place a t- bar join in.
I collected an old three dial set from a Capri and wanted to attach but got no further.
Get back to you when i get into the engine bay, do you have a red warning light on while engine is running?

Hi Broms,
I had a look both in the mechanical manual and the engine bay this evening and this is where i am:
The Manual shows the switch at the main crank level and located at the front of the engine. If you look at the engine from underneath (Front to back) - to the left of centre is the oil pump and i think the switch goes into the engine block I think?
For training and illustration purposes - here is the shot and No6 is the switch
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Hope this helps Broms

on a 2.5 Fiat ducato , it's usually at the rear , near the alternator area .

Well Phil - any joy in finding it?
Front or rear of the engine?
Any photos?

LHD makes no difference whatsoever.

Jack has it nailed

What if you are looking at the front of the vehicle and reversing -

Couldnt resist it Jack -

Just driven up to dublin airport in it and it hasn't dumped any oil so fingers crossed its nothing to worry about

Not really! The only thing which will drop your pressure noticably will be worn big-end and main bearings or the pump itself. Its the bearing clearance which creates the presure, not the thickness of the oil.

Frank

Are you sure that the rubber hose is a pressure line and not just a breather? Oil pressure in an engine is not that high but I would expect a metal pipe if it was an external pressure line?
If you're sure it is then I can't see why not.Bear in mind that if it is a high pressure hose then it could have a steel braid under the rubber cover.

Mine was a Smiths gauge (which moved from car to car) and it had a nylon pipe, I think the fitting was 1/4" but not sure now - long time ago. Your best bet is to take your bits to a hydraulic pipe shop and let them match up what you want.


Alternators don't like ammeters, to wire it correctly you need thick cable from the '+' on the alternator right up into the cab to one terminal of the ammeter, then another cable, just as thick from the other ammeter terminal to the battery / distribution point. the Capri probably had a dynamo. Voltmeters are much easier to fit.


I used 3, don't use the hooks, they might slip, the webbing grips the spring better.

Frank

These two Sensors ( I think) are to the left of engine {looking into the cab} - above the alternator and just above the engine mount, just behind the timing belt cover.
There is a green wire running into one and I have had an additional green wire (3mm think) which i think goes to the top one. Unsure if it solders on - but the item i cannot get a socket drive onto due to insufficient space - so i will get a 22 mm spanner onto it tomorrow.

Can someone confirm that this is a oil sensor? And that the green wire goes to it - and that it should solder on?

Also - its ok to take out and there shouldnt be any spillage? Thanks?

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It wasnt a oil sensor
Blinking Coolent temp sensor

Fluid p*ssed out everywhere -
Hessy must have the most changed coolent fluid ever as given the installation of the webasto, then new webasto pump etc - there is 15 litres through her this year

Does anyone else use pure antifreeze?

Does anyone use a non water antifreeze????

By rights your coolant mix should be changed every 3 years... no one does it though