This is somewhat of a heads-up post .....

I was comming home from shooting some pool with some friends, and I just happened to glance at my oil pressure gauge. While normally driving around 50mph, its about 60-75Psi, well I looked, and double looked and wholy fuckn ---- the gauge was bouncing between 0-25psi! I managed to get into a parking lot, popped the hood (keeping the engine running, I didnt know if it was an electrical manfunction) and checked the dip stick.
NO OIL LINE!
I looked on the ground and it was literally pouring out, and there was a trail of oil where I had driven into the parking lot. Anyway, I walked home, drove back with a flashlight, and TOUCHED the oil pressure sending unit for the gauge and it fell out. Well that sucked and now my cars just sitting in the middle of a parking lot somewhere =(
I'm not gonna be able to fix it until tomarrow at like 3pm cause I work from 6am-2pm and Im worried about it sitting there overnight =(


Anyway, just a heads up.... guys check your sending units regularly and I'd really recommend relocating them to the firewall, thats what I'll be doing.

Hopefully no damage was done, I drove a few miles with low oil pressure before noticing it :hammer:

 

the brass break or the sensor its self?

 

eeeeeek

 

No the sensor itselve managed to unscrew itselt. I'd read things about NOT putting it on the block because of all the vibration, but figured if I tightened it is hard as I could there wouldnt be a problem....well

 

threadlock is pretty cool ----.

 

http://www.theoldone.com/articles/oilpressure/

same thing happened to me. I made a smoke trail behind my car where ever i went. I seen oil dripping from the connection. I touched the sender and it almost fell out. it has since been relocated to the IM via a zip tie. 1 year later and no leaks.