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skylor.dinnan
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Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 23 Jan 2015 09:08 pm

Hey guys just picked up a Volvo 360 the other day and got a new alternator in it, Now whenever the car is running or completely off the oil light stays on no matter what unless i un plug the battery. Any help as to what that is, is much apreicated. thanks.

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Re: Oil light

Post by bogbasic » 23 Jan 2015 09:35 pm

Hello, the oil pressure sensor is just above the alternator - perhaps the wire has come off it or it needs replacing.
1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 24 Jan 2015 09:16 am

Okay thanks, I'll go look at it. Any other description besides above the alternator?

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 24 Jan 2015 09:25 am

Okay I found the oil pressure sender and it has no wires hooked up to it.so what wires do I need to run from it and to where?

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Re: Oil light

Post by bogbasic » 24 Jan 2015 02:51 pm

Hello,
Its a black wire with a push-on rubber connector at the end. It comes out of the same part of the wiring loom as a red wire that connects onto the alternator.
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Jon.C.
1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
More info here!

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 24 Jan 2015 05:20 pm

Okay on the alternator is it supposed to be just the red wire plugged into it ? Because I have a red and a black wire into the alternator but the black maybe for the pressure sender. This is what my sender looks like.
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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 24 Jan 2015 05:37 pm

And here's my alternator if you look at it red and black wire come out same way from loom. but I have red and black wire attached to alternator. Is that black wire supposed to be on the alternator or pressure sender. Thanks
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Re: Oil light

Post by bogbasic » 24 Jan 2015 09:51 pm

On mine the black wire goes onto the pressure sender but yours does not look like the standard one so probably you need to experiment with which terminal on the pressure sender the black wire should go onto.

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1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
More info here!

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 25 Jan 2015 07:18 am

Okay so the black wire shouldn't be hooked to my alternator? Got it will take it off when I get home from work and tinker with it.

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Re: Oil light

Post by 360beast » 25 Jan 2015 11:38 am

Do you have an oil pressure gauge or just the warning light?

This is probably what you need to look at.

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 25 Jan 2015 12:57 pm

I just have the light . But really interested in getting a gauge if you know where I could get one lol.

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 25 Jan 2015 01:01 pm

now when the car is running the oil light will go off. But when I turn the car off, with no keys in it, oil light will stay on no matter what until I disconnect the battery.

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Re: Oil light

Post by 360beast » 25 Jan 2015 06:30 pm

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/111571782175?nav=SEARCH

Any good?

I have the 300 series oil pressure gauge on my 360 and it is VDO so atleast it will tie in with the rest of the gauges.

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Re: Oil light

Post by Ride_on » 25 Jan 2015 10:59 pm

You need to figure out what type of sender it is, it may have a simple warning light connection and a variable output or just the variable output. I suspect it is 2 terminal variable output only, so it won't drive the light directly.

Alternatively you could just get a replacement simple sender.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
1987 340 GL 1.7

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Re: Oil light

Post by skylor.dinnan » 26 Jan 2015 06:50 pm

Figured out it is a 2 terminal variable output only so going to buy one that is a warning light connection and a variable output. So the light can turn off and so i can have an actual oil pressure gauge, thanks for the help!

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