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Question: What does a oil sending unit look like?Where is it ?

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CindyG, 5.0L V8, Sullivan, ME, May 14, 2011, 12:24
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My oil pressure gauge goes up and down.Some say it could be the sending unit or the oil pump.Does the oil pump have a screen in it?

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    Superbob May 14, 2011, 16:05
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    The oil pressure sensor is in the engine block right in front of the oil filter. It's a little canister with an electrical connector on it. It's easy and cheap to replace the sending unit.
    The oil pump should have a screen on it.

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    Visitor, June 16, 2011, 15:56

    its about 1/2 inch tall and about 3/4 inch wide and round most of the time located on the side of the engin that is closest to the oil pump

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