Help!! What is this part? Pics inside! Near oil filter...

[wiggafly808]

**Thanks guys, problem solved

Alright, so yesterday i was trying to adjust the hoodpins on my cf hood.
I finish, and back the car out, and theres a HUGE puddle of oil (maybe like 1/8 qt?) on the garage floor.
I checked for any leaks after i changed my oil (3 weeks ago) and there were none.

So today i took a look underneath..
I'm pretty sure i found out whats leaking, but i have no clue what it is.
It seems to be an electrical connector, which puzzles me..
Also, i put paper towels surrounding it on top in case it was something else dripping onto this part, but its not.. im pretty sure theres oil coming out of here.

I circled the part in question, and i'm holding what it connects to.
Ive tried tightening it down, but its not loose, and i cant fit a wrench in there.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/wiggafly808/leak.jpg

More pics, farther out for reference
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/wiggafly808/leak1.jpg


Top view, taken near the intake mani
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/wiggafly808/leaktop.jpg


Closer and clearer..
My oil filter isnt leaking either.. Its tight and nothing comes out
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h118/wiggafly808/leaktop2.jpg


Any help is appreciated!
My car is still sitting in the garage..

Thanks!
Zac

[tgd89]

I believe that's the stock oil pressure sender?

[Bubba]

Yes, that is the stock oil pressure sending unit. I just call it the dummy light sensor.

Find a deepwell socket that will fit it and snatch it out. Replacements are cheap as hell at parts places. Not much more from a stealership. If you want to keep it stock then change it, if you want to go with an actual gauge then do it now. Just install the sensor/or pressure line for the gauge in the same hole.

[WilloW]

That's your oil pressure sender, its the thing that give you a heart attack when it turn on the yellow oil light in your dash. Get a dye kit to find the leak.

Edit: you guys beats me to it, vultures. j/k.

[nissanguy13]

I just had that happen to me a couple of months ago. I took my car to get it smogged, not only did it fail miserably but when they pulled the car out of the shop there was a quart of oil sitting on their floor. It's your oil pressure sensor. Go to your local part store, pick one up for $10, unscrew the old one and screw in the new one. Then you'll be back on the road.

Edit: That's what's leaking, that's what you need to replace. They go bad after a while.

[wiggafly808]

Thanks for the quick replies.. Ill be heading over to checkers in a few..
By any chance do you guys know the size of the socket off hand?
I dont have any that big and ill have to buy one.

Zac

[burnsauto]

Yes, that is the stock oil pressure sending unit. I just call it the dummy light sensor.

Find a deepwell socket that will fit it and snatch it out. Replacements are cheap as hell at parts places. Not much more from a stealership. If you want to keep it stock then change it, if you want to go with an actual gauge then do it now. Just install the sensor/or pressure line for the gauge in the same hole.

dont put it in the same hole. :ghey:

nissan uses BNPT (british pipe thread pitch) for the sensor, while aftermarket ones just use normal NPT. Don't screw up threads.

[wiggafly808]

Thanks guys..
I bought it at checkers for like 8 bucks (they call it the oil pressure sender/switch), bought a 1 1/16 socket, and changed it out.
5-10 minute job.
No oil leaks.

Zac

[Bubba]

dont put it in the same hole. :ghey:

nissan uses BNPT (british pipe thread pitch) for the sensor, while aftermarket ones just use normal NPT. Don't screw up threads.

I got cheap on my last car and just rethreaded the hole to the same thread of the sensor plug because a friend of mine warned me about this. I'm cheap, but not lazy. :rofl:

Thank you for pointing this out again though. Still running a dummy light on the daily, I should go ahead and get busy on switching to the gauge setup.

[projectRDM]

That's your oil pressure sender, its the thing that give you a heart attack when it turn on the yellow oil light in your dash. Get a dye kit to find the leak.

Edit: you guys beats me to it, vultures. j/k.

Yellow light? Interesting. It's red in every car I've sat in.

[WilloW]

Yellow light? Interesting. It's red in every car I've sat in.
I guess I never pay attention to the color of :Owned: that stupid light.

[Z U L8R]

that looks like the bipolarkaniferousbypass valve

bukake @@
Dave =]