oil pressure

hi there, i just bought a 95 talon tsi awd with 88 thds miles yesterday for 2500. car seems to be in great shape, ran well on a 30 mile trip to the house clean interior blah blah. question is oil pressure gauge shows absolutley 0, cams look as if they are getting oil and there seems to be a leak around the valve cover on the left side.... 1 wire is hangging down near the oil filter.. it has 2 sensors 1 which is small in dia 1 which is larger.... which sensor is which. thx in advance.

hi there, i just bought a 95 talon tsi awd with 88 thds miles yesterday for 2500. car seems to be in great shape, ran well on a 30 mile trip to the house clean interior blah blah. question is oil pressure gauge shows absolutley 0, cams look as if they are getting oil and there seems to be a leak around the valve cover on the left side.... 1 wire is hangging down near the oil filter.. it has 2 sensors 1 which is small in dia 1 which is larger.... which sensor is which. thx in advance.

The wire that is disconected is more then likely for your oil pressure. It goes to the oil pressure gauge unit (the biger one) on the oil filter bracket.

The forward (raditator side) sender is for the idiot light, the rearward one is for the guage. It has a piece of shit connector that slides on sideways, and easily falls off. I forget which is the smaller/larger, but hopefully this helps you figure it out anyway without mysteriously offending anyone. :)

hahaha, you offended me!!!! just kidding

where abouts is this sender unit?

The both thread into the oil filter housing, which is just forward of the crank pulley.

thx guys sure do appreciate it. It does seem to be the wire that slides on. guess i'll have to buy a new clip since mine has ben torn off thx again.

I forget which is the smaller/larger, but hopefully this helps you figure it out anyway without mysteriously offending anyone. :)


:lol2: Now thats funny, I don't care who you are.lol

thx again everyone. put a new clip on it and works great. sure am glad to see the needle about half way up the gauge. worried me a bit since i just bought it.