switch

[frog_southampton]

oil pressure sender/switch?

think mine is gone, when engine warm and idle my oil light comes on, when engine has rev's it goes off...

when i rev car in no gear the oil gauge goes up and down quite quick - is it broke? where can i get a new switch from and how much is it?

[mikeoxford]

supernovas a few quid

GUIDE:
nova-land.com > How to guides > Engine > Replacing your oil pressure

[frog_southampton]

is that what happens when switch is gone?

pressure gauge goes up n down when revin

[mikeoxford]

it is supposed to a certain extent yes, are we talkin major amounts here?

it does yes, i remember my mates GTE before we whacked the 2ltr 8v in and that did

on the digidash its more subtle because theres only four bars, whereas i guess a guage can move more left and right and visually will look like loads

my digidash has only ever been between nothing and three quaters never anything else

[tonydry]

my gsi does it when u rev the car the gauge flicks up

[Nova-Boy]

It might not be the switch it might be telling you something. Try checking your oil to make sure there is plenty in etc etc. That could be the oil light problem.

As for the pressure guage i think by the sounds of things they all do that. Mine does. To do with the increase in oil pressure when you rev your car fron idling.

[frog_southampton]

hmmmmmmmmm!

maybe a lazy pump or something?

water in oil?

i got loads of oil in there!

[whitey]

Supernovas *apparantly* havnt got n e senders at the mo!

[frog_southampton]

think i got a lazy pump then? coz my light comes on but i got oil, but when i rev the gauge moves right up

[PE4]

My clock in me Sr did that, and even now with the digidash it goes up and down, when its warm it goes to the middle, but it goes up again if I blip it, and when I'm driving it is always indicating full.....so it must be normal mate.....

[frog_southampton]

what bout the lightcomming on when idle?going offwhen rev??

[mikeoxford]

what bout the lightcomming on when idle?going offwhen rev??

sounds to me like dodgy switch

that used ot happen to me when i WAS low on oil.

engine was getting thourgh more oil than petrol when the piston ring went :lol:

[frog_southampton]

i got a new switch..or what i beleive 2 be aswitch..tried 2 put on as described on the
how2.novaland.....>Engine

and my switch they gave me was a small thing compared 2 the pic on the website
but my switch is same as on the website

??

any indo??

frog!

[mikeoxford]

theyve given you a SINGLE wire pressure SWITCH

much smaller in size. only controls the oil level yes or no light telltale, not a guage

you need a TWO WIRE pressure SENDER

[mikeoxford]

it must look like the one you are taking off and the one in my guide (the big one) as to my knowledge thats the only style that works / is available

[frog_southampton]

so the one i got i gotta take back and get a new one....the bigger one

costs bout ?70 tho??

[mikeoxford]

so the one i got i gotta take back and get a new one....the bigger one

costs bout ?70 tho??

YEP

thats the one

thats why you dont buy them direct from vaux ;)

cos of the cost

you know if you bought the wrong one because you havent spent enough ;)

[frog_southampton]

i got a little one....cost me ?8

[frog_southampton]

whats the little one i got for? it fits the wire that goes to the big one

[mikeoxford]

its purely the tell tale light to say yes you got oil, no u dont

on a digidash its the ring around the oil can

on the normal dashes i assume a light comes on to say no oil or summat

u need the two wire one to get the guage to work......

[frog_southampton]

so the 2 wire switch....from a scrappy will fix my prob of oil light commin on while idling?

what car shall i get from?
nova's are well rare in scrappys round ere

[mikeoxford]

wait there a min

what car have u got and what guages do you have?

just wanna establish sommat

[frog_southampton]

nova gte wiv the 6 dials

[mikeoxford]

right

u need the two wire sender

found on nova gtes

and mk1 SRs ONLY

[frog_southampton]

gawd.......anyone got one lying around??

[PE4]

Mate, get yourself to Silverlake scrappies on botley road (see yellow pages), it about 15 mins from lordshill, you need to turn off on J7 heading towards P'mouth, cos I gutted an early SR on the weekend, but took no mechanical/electrical bits, so you could be lucky!

Also, addington lane breakers (near where that girl got killed :( ) have two late SR's an early SR and a GTE....so thats a good place to go too :)

[frog_southampton]

allington lane? i went there last week and they had nothing!

will check both of em 2morrow tho!

thanks m8!

frog!

[frog_southampton]

how do i know if it is faulty b4 i buy it??

how much would i expect to pay??

[frog_southampton]

anyone know coz i gotta go work n will get it on way 2 work in a mo!

[Nova-Boy]

I dont think you would be able to tell if it worked until you got it on your car (oil pressure) as for the switch for the light, try using a mulit-meter and testing resistance between the spade and casing. You shouldn't have to pay lots. The scrappy hopefully wont know they are ?70 new. I would say ?5 max. Or you could buy like a dizzy cap for a couple of quid and put the switch in your pocket!

(i am not encouraging theft from scrap yards by the way)

[frog_southampton]

hehe!

m8 tried takin summint from a scrappie on his on b4.....they set the dogs on him

[frog_southampton]

i went to both silverlake and the breakers on allington lane....the allington lane one had a blue SR...no spoiler,bumers,dash....

but had 2 cars on top of it so couldnt get to the switch...saw 1 other nova was only a 1.2 or summint and had the smaller switch with just the 1 wire

anyone got one lying about??

it it essential 2 have the switch wiv 2 wires?

[mikeoxford]

it it essential 2 have the switch wiv 2 wires?

the guage wont work without it

only the telltale