Oil pressure sensor 5.0

[Everett AL]

Yes, the switch is just open or closed.
Your zero gauge is open.

Ok awesome thank you for the reply. I will work on that this weekend!

 

[Pete Deering]

why don't you replace the oil pressure switch?
Also use a ford oil pressure switch socket. The auto part stores have it in their tool section.
Go thru the driver side wheel well area. Half of hour at the most.

 

[Everett AL]

This turned out to be longer than I expected. So TL,DR is I figure if I can jump the harness and the gauge works then I'll know the oil pressure sensor/switch is truly bad. If it doesn't fix the gauge then I have a different wiring issue that I'll need to start looking into.


I did the the 5L swap and reading the thread below I don't know if I didn't the wire harnesses correctly. My only 2 real issues at the moment is the oil pressure gauge reads 0 and my ac compressor won't kick on. I have it on a switch so I can kick it on when I absolutely need it. I'm 95% sure the issue there is I don't have a high pressure switch installed. I was gonna look and see if I could find the harness that the thread talks about but I didn't get a chance to.

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so years after doing my 5L swap in my sport (which you could NOT get a v8 in, no matter how hard you cried) i still see this question pop up lots. so lets look at a few things before diving in, and rip everything apart and haft way threw it you wounder why you did this to yourself. the main...

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[Pete Deering]

The oil pressure switch do go bad, common issue on fords

 

[410Fortune]

It’s in the wiring I betchya

The oil pressure wire and ac wires go through the same plug and you must wire them correctly or you will get these issues

You should start a I did a v8 swap thread so we can help you sort it out
Need details about what went into what and how

 

[Everett AL]

It’s in the wiring I betchya

The oil pressure wire and ac wires go through the same plug and you must wire them correctly or you will get these issues

You should start a I did a v8 swap thread so we can help you sort it out
Need details about what went into what and how

Thank you. Will do once I can provide some information. It's been a a few years so I've got to look and see if I can remember what all was done etc.

 

[410Fortune]

So this was a v6 explorer went v8? 2001 with a sohc v6 now v8

The v8 and v6 wire the ac, alternator, and a few other things differently including the oil pressure switch wire and ac high pressure switch and compressor clutch

 

[Everett AL]

Yea v6 to v8. When I get home I'll start a thread and try to give y'all as much information as I can. Pictures etc.