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Subject:Re: Oil pressure light
From:Dan N
Date:Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:31:15 -0800

make sure the white plastic connector is good condition too

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently replaced part of this brown wire from sensor. This wire was
> held to the sensor with a small type of cable strap. image of repair
> showing similar: http://tinyurl.com/lq2zqtw
> If that strap was OEM, does it fail over time or somehow  disappear
> thus allowing the wire to "hang loose" and get damaged? (IIRC, it's
> close to the crank pulley)
>
> The wire I replaced had a crack in the casing (cover) so did the
> repair while changing the coolant pump etc.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 11/10/14, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > The wire coming from the oil pressure switch by the pulleys should be a
> > brown wire.
>
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> Neil n
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