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10-30-2011, 09:16 PM
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need help identifying part
Anybody know what this is and where it comes from?
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10-30-2011, 10:08 PM
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Re: need help identifying part
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 |
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10-30-2011, 10:20 PM
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Re: need help identifying part
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.
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10-31-2011, 07:52 AM
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Re: need help identifying part
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 |
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10-31-2011, 10:15 AM
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Re: need help identifying part
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.
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10-31-2011, 12:46 PM
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Re: need help identifying part
Looks Japanese. Possibly from a Toyota?
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11-01-2011, 07:58 AM
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Re: need help identifying part
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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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