Oil Sender

Hi all.

This my first thread as I just picked up my Z on Wednesday.
Took the young son for a blast and now reading low oil pressure. Freaked me out and drove the car home like granny. Checked the oil level and have a full dip stick. From reading the forums, I see that the OEM senders are crap. I know some of the Commodore senders fit the V6 engine, like the crank angle sender.
My question is simply this:
What is a good and reliable sender to replace the OEM one?

Cheers
Bill

 

Thanks for the quick reply, Rob
Will get on the blower as soon as the shops open

 

go aftermarket,stock oli gauge isnt worth shit anyway,if you want to fix it up,remove the sender and clean the hole with a small drill bit,it will be clogged

 

Did this myself just now, shoved a safety pin in the sender and it works perfectly now.

 

Agree, go aftermarket OP gauge....

For 'peace of mind' get a reliable aftermarket OP gauge and you can cross your 1st thing off the list of "Things to be done to the Zed".

Yahoo.... ONE down, 973 to go :rofl: :bash:

 

The stock

oil pressure gauge work fine imo, and so dose a new stock sender. If your keen you can relocate the sender to this position.
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To all those responded, many thanks. Installed the new unit this morning. Found an adapter at work, but was worried about the male thread. Turned out I stumbled across the right one. Took the car for a run this arvo and the pressure hovers between 3 and 4 when warm, peaking at 7 when cold. Even at idle it's no lower that 3.
Once again, many thanks.

Cheers
Bill

 

You could try what is in this old link about grounding the OPS:

http://www.aus300zx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=250183