348 oil pressure sending unit

Almost nothing is exclusive when it comes to the electronics.

Found the info you are looking for on page 321 of the 348 parts sticky:

 

Glad to be of help William.

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D'oh!

That should have read "page #21" NOT "page 321". I didn't hit the shift key. duurrrrrrrr.

 

What is the psi of acold 348 ts
and the same in hot temp?

 

Hi Ernie. You may or may not have seen my post titled. The dream is over in the 355 section. But, If I needed some heads and or valves and the like. Can you point me in the right direction for sourcing some. Thanks so much!

 

Bruce Plugzit is your man when it comes to valves, guides, and even heads for the 355. He even has a local machinist that will take up the challenge.

 

Thanks so much. Just getting my ducks in a row...:>)

 

Anyone have current links/part numbers for a 348 oil pressure sending unit?


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Where are you located? What year is your car? 2.5? 2.7?

I use the catalogues at Eurospares.co.uk

e.g. for the 2.7 Motronics car...

https://www.eurospares.co.uk/parts/ferrari/348-27-motronic/

Item 70 in this diagram:

https://www.eurospares.co.uk/parts/ferrari/348-27-motronic/engine/lubrication-system-41172

Once you have the number, you can use Google for the best prices closest to you. In this particular case, the sender is used on about 20 different Ferraris.

 

Does anyone have advice on how to remove the oil pressure sender of a 348 with the engine in situ? Is it even possible? I took the air box off today and could barely get my fingers to it, let alone disconnect the sender wires . Is there a clever technique to this?

Any advice much appreciated!

 

What, you don't want to remove the engine for this small task?

 

Seriously, it is done without too much effort. Remove enough stuff over the engine to get a wrench in there.

 

Hmmm - I get that. I was looking for a slightly more detailed answer if possible!

 

I had to remove some stuff to do a different job, but it will be the same procedure for this job....let me see if I did a thread on it with pics/instructions....stand by....

 

Ok, I looked up my thread. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, but this is what I did to access the temperature sensor sending unit. This is underneath the plenum, so a different location than your job, but you will still need to do at least some of this if not all, and likely a few more things:

1) removed the air box in its entirety by loosening the large clamps near the MAFs and then the little clamps for the little hoses on the bottom furthest away from you when facing the firewall/front of the car. Also need to unplug whatever those things are (sensors I believe or sending units - not really sure) that plug into the MAFs

2) I took the oil filter off

3) I took the oil filter housing unit off, three nuts (13mm) in a triangle formation, the top of the triangle closest to the firewall/front of the car and the base of the triangle closest to the back of the car/tail-lights. This part was a little difficult because those three 13mm nuts were a son-of-a-***** to access, especially the one at the top of the triangle, you will need a universal joint. BE VERY CAREFUL REMOVING THE WASHERS on the studs for the oil housing unit so as not to drop them into any of the holes that the oil filter and oil filter housing unit leave...observe the picture with the oil filter and oil filter housing unit removed, and you will notice the triangle which I outlined in red...I also highlighted the studs where the 13mm nuts go, the bottom left one is hidden from the oil housing unit so I scribbled it in red also (can you tell I got an A++++ in art class )

4) Once you have these out of the way, there is plenty of room to get your hand in there and wiggle it around...which is what I did, I simply kept moving my fingers around until I found a hole (that doesn't sound good ) that had the male connector I was looking for...I pressed my finger against it as hard as I could for about 10 seconds to make an impression then quickly removed my finger and had a look....and voila, I found the perfect match for my loose plug (speaking of which, if anyone needs a date I think I found a new profession ), and simply reached inside and plugged it back in and then covered it up with that red elbow boot/insulation/protector/whatever-the-hell-it's-called. Its location is on the left side of the intake manifold when facing the firewall, male end faces the firewall and the loose end in question plugs in facing the back of the car/tail-lights.

Total time of the job was about an hour and a half - that does not include the time I spent looking for the plug the first time, and about 15 or 20 minutes was wasted with the oil-filter housing because of those 3 nuts that are very difficult to access.

Again, with the airbox, oild filter, and oil filter housing out of the way it was VERY EASY to reach my hand in there and plug this back into its position. Unfortunately, I could not take pictures of the spot because of its location, but I think Hugh is right that it is # 45 in the diagram of post # 4 where this plugs in.

 

That’s really helpful Mike, many thanks. Will try and follow your procedure next weekend.,,,, thanks again!

 

You are welcome, and good luck.

If you are able, take pictures and make a stet-by-step of this procedure so we can it to the 348-DIY thread.