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Part change: Oil Pressure Switch
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:10 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:10 am
Behind the top of the engine between it and the firewall.
The white tab has to be pulled up, which it is, but you then have to press a plastic piece to release the connecting plug.
Of course, it’s between the switch and the engine and it’s nearly impossible to get something back there to press the plastic piece to release it.
Any suggestions?
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Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:10 am to Blutarsky
Make and model of car would help.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:11 am to Blutarsky
Most repairs can be found on youtube.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:11 am to Blutarsky
What vehicle year/make/model?
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:11 am to chinhoyang
2011 Tahoe
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:12 am to chinhoyang
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Most repairs can be found on youtube.
True, but they don’t detail an issue like this.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:12 am to Blutarsky
Push in the release with a long flat head screwdriver, while you pull up on the connector with the other hand. It’s awkward, but doable. Done it many times.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:13 am to Blutarsky
quote:
2011 Tahoe
Unscrew the sensor, then you'll be able to unclip the plug easily
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:14 am to SRV
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Push in the release with a long flat head screwdriver, while you pull up on the connector with the other hand. It’s awkward, but doable. Done it many times.
The issue is you have to contort your hand to get to the switch itself and I cannot think of something I can hold to get back there to do the last step.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:15 am to Cotten
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Unscrew the sensor, then you'll be able to unclip the plug easily
Also impossible to do in the location.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:16 am to Blutarsky
I’ve done it twice on my Silverado. It’s a pain in the arse.
Try squeezing it together while pushing down. You should hear a little click sound when squeezing it. It’ll release then.
Try squeezing it together while pushing down. You should hear a little click sound when squeezing it. It’ll release then.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:34 am to alajones
I accidentally pried off the white tab which gave me easy access to depress the 2nd release and remove the plug.
Chevy and their BS locations to make things infinitely more difficult.
Chevy and their BS locations to make things infinitely more difficult.
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:35 am to Cotten
quote:
Unscrew the sensor, then you'll be able to unclip the plug easily
This is the correct answer
Posted on 4/18/24 at 9:36 am to Blutarsky
quote:
Any suggestions?
Find someone with small hands.
Or use a screwdriver.
ETA, i used to have one of those little paint mixing trowels that was pretty thin and pliable. It worked well for these.
This post was edited on 4/18/24 at 10:46 am
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:14 am to Blutarsky
small screw drivers and a set of picks usually will do the trick...some of those damned plugged connections are harder to disconnect than pulling an engine....and of course the risk of breaking the damned thing and the damned vehicle never being right again is always there....
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:17 am to Blutarsky
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The issue is you have to contort your hand to get to the switch itself and I cannot think of something I can hold to get back there to do the last step.
Yes, it is awkward….but doable as I described
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:22 am to Blutarsky
Loosen the sensor to try and get a better angle in the harness. Push down on harness, release tab, pull plug up
Posted on 4/18/24 at 10:25 am to FournetteForEver7
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Youtube
This is the correct answer.
But to OP, you probably need to pull the tab higher. They typically go higher than you expect.
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