Engine/Transmission (1998.5 - 2002) Auto shutoff if no oil pressure?

[Lordsman]

Lost oil pressure the other day, freaked out, immediatly pulled over and had it towed to dealer. (Removed VA) Went in and talked to service dept. for repair, they said it's probably the sender since it did not automatically shut the engine down. I never heard of such a redundant safety switch, have you???

Ended up being the sender switch, made sure they would not be doing a ECM reflash, and had my leaky front axle seal repaired at the same time. They got me for $613. 00, no warranty on oil senders!

Guess I should have been reading up on the sender problems, now I want to install a REAL oil guage in case it happens again so I can know for sure.

Oh by the way, I changed my weak lift pump a week ago and they would not warranty that either since a dealer did not do the repair. I still have the old pump and could have just swapped for a new one, yea right. Guess I just got burned every which way!

 

[BillGotthelf]

The only auto shutoff for our trucks with low or no oil pressure that I know of is when the engine siezes up for lack of lubrication.

 

[Mundgyver]

DC charged you $613 for a sening unit Cripes guys, we are all in the wrong bussiness. I want to be an OEM supplier now. How can they justify that amount of money. If I charged my customers like that, I'd be hung out and beat before they jailed me for theft.



Arrrrggggggggggggggggg

 

[pwr2tow]

It must have been $613. 00 for the whole job, please tell us.



At That price I will find an aftermarket place and replace it myself if it ever goes out.

 

[pwr2tow]

Forgot to add, also another good reason to get a price quote before work is done on vehicle.

 

[C. Harlan]

are you still a little chapped around the ring? or did they at least offer vasoline?? That one is ridiculous... and then they get mad when we use the s word to refer to them. . What was the name of the dealership? Post it so we know to avoid them!



-Chris-

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

DUDE YOU GOT REAMED!!!! Better Biz Buro!

Originally posted by ToolManTimTaylor

This is for an 01 ... . $64. 70 from Cummins Metropower



Cummins Genuine Parts:

Origin : US

WT: 0. 25

Date: 16-mar-02

pkgr: mdc

Desc: SEN , Prs

Part No: 3408428

Qty:1







HANDWRITTEN # 190709 <-----I have no idea what this means but it was written in marker on the box.





Worked for me no probs scince

How much was for the leaky axle seal? 600. 00 I hope

 

[Lordsman]

The $613 was for everything, both the sender and the axle seal.

$ 308. 91 sender job

$ 279. 16 seal job

$ 25. 00(shop supplies) to wipe off the dirt w/ their rag, and hang a repair tag on the rearview mirror.

The safety shutoff thing I figured was a bogus statement but I'm not supposed to be the expert. I could just imagine driving down the highway at 75mph and the motor dies along with power steering and brakes. Sound like somebody could get killed, and somebody could get sued.

 

[illflem]

auto shut down

Service guy must have had your Cummins confused with the Briggs on his lawn mower

 

[ecpeters]

No way does the engine shut down. I had a drain plug come out on parkway left lane at 70 mph went to zero oil pressure and had to open hood to shut down engine due to turbo cool down device. Needed to pull a fuse to stop the engine. I was lucky I did not fry the engine in that 60 to 90 second time it took to get over and engine stopped. There was no engine oil pressure lost shut down.

 

[bmoeller]

I was wondering the same thing a couple of weeks ago.



Easy to fix with a switch. http://store.summitracing.com/defau...word&searchtype=both&part=oil+pressure+switch



On the 12v, all you would need to do is to wire it in with the shut down soleniod.