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Whats the spanner size for that bloody OIL PRESSURE Sensor?

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Whats the spanner size for that bloody OIL PRESSURE Sensor?

Post by Rovernaut »

Anyone know the spanner size to remove the oil pressure sender unit.
I am trying to remove it with the engine in vehicle. I'm having a helll of a time trying to unscreww it. EFI 98 disco V8 :bad-words:
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Post by RUFF »

If it is the style im thinking of you usually need an Oil Pressure socket. The switch sort of looks like a double hex nut but its not and most open ended spanners will not get it.

There are also 2 different sizes of oil pressure sockets.
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Post by British4wd »

5/16 BSW
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Post by Rovernaut »

5 /16th seems a little small??? I tried a 23 mm spanner and that was a tad too small
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Post by LowRanger »

That is 5/16 BSW or British Standard Whitworth and is much larger that 5/16 AF :)
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Post by red90 »

In a V8?????????? Are you sure????????
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