OK, I am embarrassed. Can't find oil sending switch

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I have looked at Youtube videos and read other suggestions and looked at pictures and I cannot find the oil sending unit on a 2006 Tahoe 3.5L engine. I am pretty sure it is on the back of the engine on the driver's side. Any help would be most appreciative.
 

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Well don't mean to make you feel even more embarrassed but Tahoe don't have a 3.5L.. lol
and yes its at the rear of drivers side of the engine Theresa way to replace it W/O having to R/R the uppuer intake manifold however unless you have experience and the special tools to replace it you will need to R/R the upper intake manifold
 

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This is from TB56:

My oil pressure gauge pegged to 80psi earlier this week. Called a parts store and got a Borg Warner replacement with lifetime warranty for about $40 dollars. Get yourself a 1-1/16 inch deep socket.
1) The cover needs to come off the top of the motor. One bolt and it was off. 2) location of the oil pressure sending unit is on the rear of the motor, top side slightly to the right of center line of the motor slightly to the drivers side. It is behind the cover you just removed down in the area between the fire wall and the back of the valley in the motor. I had to locate it with an extendable mechanics mirror. Beware, the area you are going to work in is very limited in terms of space. It is a one hand, blind process. That's where the mirror comes in handy. The Sending unit has a plug the connects to electrical system. This connection has a clip mechanism that you need to gently pry off to loosen the clip. Once you get the clip loosened, gently pull up on the connection and it will pop off. Get your 1-1/16 inch socket on the nut. What you are removing is made of very light weight metal. Make sure you get the socket seated well. The 1-1/16 socket I used was 1/2 inch drive. I used a 6 inch extension on the ratchet and with very little force, it loosened. Loosen it until you are able to turn the extension by hand and remove the extension and socket from the area you were in. Carefully reach back in the same area and get the old oil pressure sending unit out. I noticed the factory unit had a yellow grommet in the electrical portion of it. DON'T LOOSE THIS. I looked at the new unit and it did not have that grommet in it. I placed the yellow silicone grommet in the top of the new unit and worked it back into the spot where the nonfunctional unit was removed. Make sure it screws in easily. Get it as tight as you can by hand or with the socket and extension. Attach your ratchet and tighten it down. There is a crush bushing you need to compress for good seating of the unit. Once tight you can attach the connection plug to the sending unit. There is a piece of plastic the is on one side of the new unit, like on the old one that will help you orient the plug connection. The clip will align with the plastic Piece that protrudes from the side of the sending unit. Gently push down and make sure you hear it click. You are almost done, just replace the vortec cover and tighten the bolt down and you are done. It took me about 30 minutes once I found where the sending unit was located. I had an idle pressure of about 40 psi, and as expected, it rose with engine reving. Fixed! A few cuts and scrapes and some contorting over the motor and I was done. There are pictures already on the Tahoe Forum so I opted to try to give as much detail as I could to help you all out. I've got 197,790 miles on this Tahoe and love it. I guess after this many miles, this factory unit finally pooped out. I

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There is also pics provided from mvillani. Both of these are found on the second page of new posts about in the middle of the page related to the same problem. When you open the thread it is all on the second page of that thread.
 

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Nicely said raider. Just for reference the yellow grommets correct terminology is weather pack and is not part of the oil pressure sending unit it's part of the connector which is to prevenot water intrusion.. also ist not necessary but if you have access to a quick disconnect tool you can remove the fuel line from the fuel injector rail ans will give you a little more room to work with... once again raider very well stated
 

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Nicely said raider. Just for reference the yellow grommets correct terminology is weather pack and is not part of the oil pressure sending unit it's part of the connector which is to prevenot water intrusion.. also ist not necessary but if you have access to a quick disconnect tool you can remove the fuel line from the fuel injector rail ans will give you a little more room to work with... once again raider very well stated





Thanks. I knew about the weather pack/yellow grommets but was too lazy to type my own reply when I knew this one was easy to copy and paste. I also have those quick disconnect tools for the fuel rail and they are handy. I wanted to help the guy out because I see this complaint about oil sender access on other forums I am on. Avalanche forum for one. I own an 02 Av and am looking to buy a Tahoe again but having trouble finding just what I want.
 

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Excellent reply. Thanks so much fot your help. I will give it another try. Thanks again.
 

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im having the same issue. only thing is this guys tahoe is an 06'. I have an 07' LTZ and cant find this for the life of me. Since the years are different and pretty sure the body style is different as well with the manifold not secured by a "bolt" and can just be jimmied off, would it be somewhere else on the engine?
 
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