997.1S Oil temp & press. sender query
Discussion
Hello,
I have some intermittent display reading faults, when very hot oil (eg 110 Celsius) and idling, the gauge sometimes stays at 3-4 bar (but does rise to 5 with revs), and I know this can't be right because it normally drops to just over 1 bar when at very hot idle, but it happens so infrequently I think it's all in my head and I'm going mad. So I assume this is early symptom of sender failure symptoms? I think I will swap it due to fear, already got the crows foot 19mm spanner.
Also related; lately my oil temp gauge drops to 60 degrees for a few seconds and comes back up, I panicked and thought this could be a low oil level, meaning the sender was exposed but pressure was good and did not drop simultaneously (gauge said good..), can the combined temp/level sender start to fail and give spurious readings?
It seems like it's a manifold off job to replace the long sender.... That's early on M97 engines though and even though my car is 2004 it has had a later large IMS bearing engine fitted, and I'm not sure if the sender is in a different / easier access position on this later revision?
Picture for attention, that's my fubar tandem pump which I'm swapping this weekend, god damn engine constantly tries to grenade itself..
I have some intermittent display reading faults, when very hot oil (eg 110 Celsius) and idling, the gauge sometimes stays at 3-4 bar (but does rise to 5 with revs), and I know this can't be right because it normally drops to just over 1 bar when at very hot idle, but it happens so infrequently I think it's all in my head and I'm going mad. So I assume this is early symptom of sender failure symptoms? I think I will swap it due to fear, already got the crows foot 19mm spanner.
Also related; lately my oil temp gauge drops to 60 degrees for a few seconds and comes back up, I panicked and thought this could be a low oil level, meaning the sender was exposed but pressure was good and did not drop simultaneously (gauge said good..), can the combined temp/level sender start to fail and give spurious readings?
It seems like it's a manifold off job to replace the long sender.... That's early on M97 engines though and even though my car is 2004 it has had a later large IMS bearing engine fitted, and I'm not sure if the sender is in a different / easier access position on this later revision?
Picture for attention, that's my fubar tandem pump which I'm swapping this weekend, god damn engine constantly tries to grenade itself..
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