Is the oil pressure switch on the Capri different than the Festiva one?

[chrisofna]

I think I have the Festiva one and it won't clear the oil cooler thing on the back of the motor. Am I screwing it into the right location or do I just don't have the right one?

[bhazard]

Ditch the oil cooler.

I think the senders are different anyway.

[chrisofna]

Ditch the oil cooler.

I think the senders are different anyway.

I don't have the stock festiva oil fitting thing. Do you have one laying around?

[bhazard]

Oil fitting? Are you talking about ditching the cooler or using the sender?

The senders should be physically about the same. The oil cooler just comes off like a filter and you run your filter in its place.

I think the senders run on opposite resistance scales or something. I run the capri one and instead of the oil light being on for a split second on startup and then always being off its the opposite, its off for a split second and then stays on. For some reason I didnt switch them around...

[chrisofna]

The oil cooler just comes off like a filter and you run your filter in its place.

I thought the piece that the filter screws onto ends up too long if you remove that though?

[Rocketman]

I thought the piece that the filter screws onto ends up too long if you remove that though?

I think it might be, you might have to replace it with the shorter one from a nonturbo engine.

Actually you should be able to loosen the inner nut that holds the cooler in place, and rotate/clock the cooler out of the way of the oil pressure sensor

[ANTHONY A]

oil psi switch

go buy one for a bp 1.8 it will cost you $16 compared to $100 or more for the capri one thats what I did on my 1.6 swap.