Replacing leaking Oil sensor (also good for removing starter)

intro

Hi,
Here is a short interactions on how to replace a leaking oil pressure sensor on the 9-5.
The first thing you need to do is to gain more access to the sensor.





Getting access to the sensor will be done by:

1.Remove the down-pipe by taking out the 3 nuts from the turbo side and 2 bolts on the exhaust side.



2.Remove the metal piece that holds the exhaust to the body.



3. Now, to get to the oil pressure sensor you must remove the stater, for doing this you will need to get the 2 wires of the starter out.
After getting both of the wires out you will need to disconnect the starter by take out the bolts of the starter
You can get to one bolt from under the car, the second bolt is under the thermostat - shown below at the photos.




To get to the upper bolt you can remove the water line for a better access, also you can unscrew it without taking it out, just for you for your convenience.

You can see in this picture the red label is marking the TOP bolt,

the orange label is marking the Bottom bolt.

and the yellow label is marking the location of the oil pressure sensor.






In this photo you can see the bottom bolt of the starter.



This is where the TOP bolt is located.




you can see the upper bolt which is located under the thermostat hose.

Now Disconnect the red connector of the old oil pressure sensor by using a screwdriver , just pull it out.



Removing the sensor.

Remove the sensor by using Deep 22\24mm socket.
24mm in case your oil pressure sensor is original, and 22mm for your new oil pressure sensor.





after removing the sensor take care of the seal and move it to the new oil pressure sensor.

Now just reverse the steps to get everything in place.

Thanks for fixmysaab for some of the photos.

Hope you will get it right,

Yaari.