need help identifying part
ieavei
10-30-2011, 08:16 PM
Anybody know what this is and where it comes from?
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0643.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0644.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0645.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0643.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0644.jpg
http://i1092.photobucket.com/albums/i410/I2eAVeI2/IMG_0645.jpg
shorod
10-30-2011, 09:08 PM
It looks like an oil pressure switch. Often they are located either low on the block or near the oil filter.
Do you know if this is from a particular make and model of car? That information would certainly help narrow it down.
-Rod
Do you know if this is from a particular make and model of car? That information would certainly help narrow it down.
-Rod
ieavei
10-30-2011, 09:20 PM
I found this on the floor beside my car today. Is it possible it could have just "fell off" on its own? Make and model of my car is: 2008 Honda Civic LX Sedan, 5 Auto.
shorod
10-31-2011, 06:52 AM
I don't really think it would have fallen off on its own. Considering the corrosion over much of the part, and how clean the threads and mating surface is, it either hasn't been loose long or it wasn't exposed to corrosive materials since being loose.
Did you find it on the floor while your Civic was parked in your garage? If so I'd be inclined to think it was in a box or cabinet in the garage and fell out after getting bumped or the cabinet door being opened. One of those, "I'm not sure this is bad so I'm going to save it in case I'm in a pinch some day" items.
-Rod
Did you find it on the floor while your Civic was parked in your garage? If so I'd be inclined to think it was in a box or cabinet in the garage and fell out after getting bumped or the cabinet door being opened. One of those, "I'm not sure this is bad so I'm going to save it in case I'm in a pinch some day" items.
-Rod
jdmccright
10-31-2011, 09:15 AM
Unlikely it came off by itself:
1) It would have to both unscrew itself AND come disconnected from the wiring, which in itself would have to be twisted in order to allow it to unscrew.
2) It is way too clean if it is an oil switch. It is dry.
3) If it was an oil switch, it wouldn't be laying on a dry floor...there would be at least a puddle of oil around it. And you'd have no oil in the engine, or none after driving a short distance AND seeing a check engine light for a bad sender circuit.
4) If it did fall, it would be under your car, not next to it.
1) It would have to both unscrew itself AND come disconnected from the wiring, which in itself would have to be twisted in order to allow it to unscrew.
2) It is way too clean if it is an oil switch. It is dry.
3) If it was an oil switch, it wouldn't be laying on a dry floor...there would be at least a puddle of oil around it. And you'd have no oil in the engine, or none after driving a short distance AND seeing a check engine light for a bad sender circuit.
4) If it did fall, it would be under your car, not next to it.
vgames33
10-31-2011, 11:46 AM
Looks Japanese. Possibly from a Toyota?
shorod
11-01-2011, 06:58 AM
2) It is way too clean if it is an oil switch. It is dry.
Looking in the sensor end of the third picture there appears to be something either oily or carbon- /petroleum- based that this switch was used with.
Most of your other points are why I suspect it fell from a box or cabinet in the garage where I'll assume the car was parked (and was probably cleaned up a bit before going in to storage).
-Rod
Looking in the sensor end of the third picture there appears to be something either oily or carbon- /petroleum- based that this switch was used with.
Most of your other points are why I suspect it fell from a box or cabinet in the garage where I'll assume the car was parked (and was probably cleaned up a bit before going in to storage).
-Rod
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