Oil leak in my 87 Chevy silverado

[k51977blazer]

Ok I have a oil leak and I'm not sure what the part is called i know where it is leaking from.Its on the driver side on the back side of the motor it looks like some kind of sensor or filter it has a wire coming from the top of it. It's a 350 motor, any help would greatly be appreciated

 

[79rustyk10]

thats the oil pressure sender for the gauge.

Should be pretty cheap at the parts store.

 

[k51977blazer]

Thanks man I'll pick one up today I was wondering why my gauge didnt work that great

 

[79rustyk10]

No problem. We're all here to help build cool stuff.

How is the gauge not working correctly?

 

[k51977blazer]

Just had low oil pressure

 

[79rustyk10]

That could be correct, and the sender still leaks. Hard to say.

I had a TBI 350 last years under extreme abuse (I was in my late teens) with little to no oil pressure at warm idle.

 

[k51977blazer]

Well it does the exact same thing at warm idle there is low pressure sometime none

 

[79rustyk10]

Sounds like shes starting to get tired like my old one was.