Installing oil temp sensor in TC pan

[mopman93]

This will work if you have a turbocoupe oil pan with the low oil level sensor. I do not know if it will work in the aluminum oil pans found on the rangers but I would have to assume so since it is the same sensor.

Ok, so in my application I have no use for the oil level sensor since i check the oil almost everytime i drive the truck. DO NOT BLOW UP YOUR ENGINE BECAUSE YOU FORGOT TO CHECK THE OIL!!

(1) Remove the plug from the sensor, yes this is possible, there is a small retaining clip in the end of the sensor, much like the clip on the VSS sensor, it is a pita to get to but keeps you from having to chop up your harness to get the sensor out.

(2) pull engine, It might be doable to undo the engine mounts and lift the engine as high as the tranny will allow and then pull the pan from underneath, but that seems like way more work than just pulling the engine, i've got mine down to about 2 hours of work and then its out

(2) Take off the oil pan, it's about 20 bolts with an 8mm hex head, 10mm in some cases

(3) remove the old oil level sensor, I just use a big adjustable wrench cuz im lazy.

(4) take a 1/2 NPT tap and run it through the the hole where the oil sensor goes. The hole is already tapped for a metric fitting and just so happens to be the correct size so that you don't need to redrill it.

(5) clean off the pan and put a plug in it or your sensor and you now have a usable 1/2 NPT port. THIS WILL BE BELOW THE OIL LINE SO DON'T TRY TO USE IT AS A DRAIN

(6) clean all the sealing surfaces, buy a new gasket, you can reuse the rubber one with the metal standoffs but i usually buy a new one for the insurance of no leaks.

(7) You must use RTV around the main caps on the blocks that DON'T use the aluminum engine pan, otherwise the gasket will never seal and it will always leak around the main cap. I generally rtv the crap out of the caps, and put a very thin bead around the base of the block. I don't rtv the oil pan to the gasket, this allows you to reuse the gasket if you want to take the oil pan back off at some point.

(8) Put the oil pan back on, use the pan rails if you have them, snug all of the bolts a little at a time, much like doing a valve cover gasket. Make sure that the gasket does not squish out around the caps, otherwise I would recommend taking the pan back off and resetting the gasket to avoid leaks.

I don't bother with a torque wrench, i just evenly snug down each bolt until i feel it hit the metal standoffs. They are there for a reason, don't crush them.

(9) stick engine back in and have fun.

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