mungmung

I have a 1995 5.0 F150. It has an oil leak that I thought was the oil pan gasket. A friend and I were talking about it and I showed him where I thought it was leaking. He noticed it was leaking above the line where the oil pan connects to the block. I started looking harder and noticed that the oil sending unit was what seemed to be leaking. It is between the power steering pump and the oil filter. Anyone have any experience with this? I have never changed one before but it looks simple just kind of a cramped space to work in.

qdeezie

Very easy to change. Remove the oil filter and get up in there and remove it. Some models need a special socket, some don't. You may be able to get it off with a pair of vice grips.

unit505

Agreed, it is a very easy change. Get a 27mm 6 point socket and it'll take about 5 minutes to swap out. Just did mine on my 94 and my 95. Same socket fit both. I just found a dual sending unit port for around $6 that I am going to install and put my mechanical gauge in so I can monitor the actual psi while maintaining the factory gauge and idiot light. Kind of looking forward to trying out this new setup. If it works out on my 95 I'll be installing it on my 94 as well. Easy stuff once you get the right tools and figure out where everything is.

Big Pete

I have a 95 and my oil pressure guage (stock) is faulty. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it is pinned all the way to the right...

I want to try to just replace the sending unit but I am interested in the dual guage.

Any pictures of the installed part? Where did you find it and how much?

Thank you for letting me be nosey.

unit505

Oreilly auto parts put an oil sending unit tee together for me for less than $5. Here's the tee installed

Here's the gauge.

Big Pete

Damn... Just replaced my oil sending unit ( what a bitch) and my oil pressure gauge is still not working...

05FordPower

Can you eliminate that brass t and run just the sender?

ma94xlt

On the 302's the sending unit is screwed into the block. From the picture above that looks like a inline 6 motor. And the "T" is there so he could run aftermarket and have stock gauge work.

Welder7018

Is that the 300? If so I might do this. I'll need a how to though.

Big Pete

My 1995 5.8L does not look like that. My sending unit has a screw top like a #12 screw (or close).

So how would I TEE off or just install a mechanical one?