Greetings! Hope no one else has this issue- but our '04 3.5 LX sprouted a leaking oil pressure switch. Nearly ran it out of oil!
The insidious thing was that it failed in such a way that the oil light did not come on- even with the key on,engine off. Noticed oily shmooze on the back window, and dripping underneath. With the bellypan off, there was a pretty good stream of oil spurting out of the switch once the rpms were raised above idle. Didn't leak at all at idle tho. The LFD (local friendly dealer) had to order us one- 17 bucks. Now I always look for that oil light after turning the key on before starting it.
oh yes- I tried to just put in a 1/8 inch pipe plug to hold over till the new switch arrived, but the metric threads are just a little smaller and the pipe plug would not thread in. Had to wait for the part.
Also- what a great forum! Wonderful info and willingness to help! Thanks for letting me sign up!
The insidious thing was that it failed in such a way that the oil light did not come on- even with the key on,engine off. Noticed oily shmooze on the back window, and dripping underneath. With the bellypan off, there was a pretty good stream of oil spurting out of the switch once the rpms were raised above idle. Didn't leak at all at idle tho. The LFD (local friendly dealer) had to order us one- 17 bucks. Now I always look for that oil light after turning the key on before starting it. oh yes- I tried to just put in a 1/8 inch pipe plug to hold over till the new switch arrived, but the metric threads are just a little smaller and the pipe plug would not thread in. Had to wait for the part.
Also- what a great forum! Wonderful info and willingness to help! Thanks for letting me sign up!
