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oil pressure sending unit HELP!!

Old Jan 13, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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ON MY 1997 900S SAAB NON TURBO 4 CYL MY OIL LIGHT AND EXPLANATION POINT IS ON IN THE DASH BUT HAS GOOD OIL PRESSURE. SO I AM GUESSING THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT IS BAD. PROBLEM IS I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHERE IT IS OR HOW TO CHANGE IT OR IF THAT'S THE PROBLEM SO IF ANYONE COULD HELP ME THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:10 PM
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Changing it is easy, it's shaped like a bolt with one lead coming off of it (second lead is actually the engine itself). Now I with I had a picture of where it is... I just don't remember.
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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THANK YOU, NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET HELP.LOL WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT LOCATED?
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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Can you wait till tomorrow? My hood is frozen shut right now
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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Never mind, the hood opened. The sender is in the back of the block right around the dead middle. Pretty awkward position given that the fill tube is right there. Too dark for a picture though.
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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THANKS! YOU COULD HAVE WAITED ITS TOO COLD... ITS 12 DEGREES HERE. DO YOU THANK THAT'S MY PROBLEM? IS IT RARE OR DO YOU KNOW?
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