This exercise took me several hours, and I have tools and am no novice. One should know that I watched quite a few RUclips videos before starting, but still had to lay towels over the engine, use a stool, and do some of the work left-handed. I was able to remove one end of a plastic tube at the rear of the engine for more clearance. I did not remove a second tube or the fuel line at its connection. I broke off the gray "protector" on the oil sender harness connector with a screwdriver, and with left hand pushing a long screwdriver against the connector tab and right hand on the connector, I was finally able to release the connector from the oil sender. The special 1 1/16" oil sender socket I bought like 25 years ago did not fit over the sender, I used a 27mm deep socket. Then I used a 1/2" wobble extension, about 5" long, and that was not easy to push into the 27mm deep socket, but the socket had to go on first. Then I used a stubby 1/2" drive flex ratchet to unscrew the oil sender. Of course once that was unthreaded it fell somewhere so that took 15 minutes or more to find & remove. So I went to O'Reilly and bought PS508 oil sender, which actually did fit my special socket (but I still used the 27mm deep one). So with the new sender (I did not even try to find if the engine had a filter screen, I didn't feel one) purchased, I tied a piece of twine around it it case I dropped that, and screwed that in a few turns with my left hand. Then I put the 27mm deep socket over that, then the wobble extension, then the stubby flex ratchet. 15 minutes later I had that screwed in, and actually in similar orientation as the factory one. So 10 minutes more to remove those tools without dropping them. So 15 minutes later I was able to blindly turn the connector to correct orientation to snap that on. I re-connected the one plastic pipe I had removed, and started the Yukon: no oil pressure displayed, and check engine light was still on. So I disconnected the battery, touched cables together to erase all codes/clear computer, reconnected the battery, and started it up: all was working - SUCCESS !!! So even though The Cuss cannot fix everything, I was successful today. Yes, this took me several hours, but since I'd just ordered Mrs. Cusser 4 new tires (as the 5-year-old ones were quite dry-rotted), felt why not save $300 to $500 by doing this myself. Some mechanics apparently remove the entire intake manifold for easy access, but that's labor hours. For me, trouble with the special oil sender socket I had threw me for a loop, but the 27mm deep socket I had did save me. Realize that 4 different times I packed up stuff and quit, saying the mechanic could try his luck Tuesday, but The Cuss is a persistent little cuss, for sure. Mrs. Cusser is ecstatic, and promised to take care of me tonight....
Frfr. I was laying all on my engine trying to get that ish off. Then the filter didnt come off with it so i got pin wrench and bent it a slight angle to grab it and i finally got it.
Idk if I'll be able to get my gorilla hands back there, but it's good to know that it's not totally impossible without pulling the manifold. Worst case I'll enlist some smaller hands lol
@@DetroitFlip5680 More likely the O ring is hard and cracked. Either way the oil pump has to come out unless you drop the pan. If it's old just get the timing chain replaced with the oil pump. Mine died at 242k and I'm putting in a used motor. ;-)
That comment about being 5 minutes is very misleading. No doubt it can be done without dismantling the whole intake, but 5 minutes? It will take more than that just climbing on top of that engine and get one hand on the connector and try to pull it of without braking it.
This exercise took me several hours, and I have tools and am no novice. One should know that I watched quite a few RUclips videos before starting, but still had to lay towels over the engine, use a stool, and do some of the work left-handed. I was able to remove one end of a plastic tube at the rear of the engine for more clearance. I did not remove a second tube or the fuel line at its connection. I broke off the gray "protector" on the oil sender harness connector with a screwdriver, and with left hand pushing a long screwdriver against the connector tab and right hand on the connector, I was finally able to release the connector from the oil sender. The special 1 1/16" oil sender socket I bought like 25 years ago did not fit over the sender, I used a 27mm deep socket. Then I used a 1/2" wobble extension, about 5" long, and that was not easy to push into the 27mm deep socket, but the socket had to go on first. Then I used a stubby 1/2" drive flex ratchet to unscrew the oil sender.
Of course once that was unthreaded it fell somewhere so that took 15 minutes or more to find & remove. So I went to O'Reilly and bought PS508 oil sender, which actually did fit my special socket (but I still used the 27mm deep one).
So with the new sender (I did not even try to find if the engine had a filter screen, I didn't feel one) purchased, I tied a piece of twine around it it case I dropped that, and screwed that in a few turns with my left hand. Then I put the 27mm deep socket over that, then the wobble extension, then the stubby flex ratchet. 15 minutes later I had that screwed in, and actually in similar orientation as the factory one. So 10 minutes more to remove those tools without dropping them. So 15 minutes later I was able to blindly turn the connector to correct orientation to snap that on.
I re-connected the one plastic pipe I had removed, and started the Yukon: no oil pressure displayed, and check engine light was still on. So I disconnected the battery, touched cables together to erase all codes/clear computer, reconnected the battery, and started it up: all was working - SUCCESS !!!
So even though The Cuss cannot fix everything, I was successful today. Yes, this took me several hours, but since I'd just ordered Mrs. Cusser 4 new tires (as the 5-year-old ones were quite dry-rotted), felt why not save $300 to $500 by doing this myself. Some mechanics apparently remove the entire intake manifold for easy access, but that's labor hours. For me, trouble with the special oil sender socket I had threw me for a loop, but the 27mm deep socket I had did save me.
Realize that 4 different times I packed up stuff and quit, saying the mechanic could try his luck Tuesday, but The Cuss is a persistent little cuss, for sure. Mrs. Cusser is ecstatic, and promised to take care of me tonight....
Great feedback, thanks for the detail explanation.
Lot of unnecessary information
Thank you
Frfr. I was laying all on my engine trying to get that ish off. Then the filter didnt come off with it so i got pin wrench and bent it a slight angle to grab it and i finally got it.
Does that connector just snap off and on ? thanks....
How’d you get the wire harness off? Can’t get an angle to pinch it to get it off🤷🏼♂️
Did you replace the screen?
That works great, thanks, it was very helpful 👍
Was there a clip with wires on the top of it
Love your show, thanks for the help.
Was the part the knob lookin thing to the right of the spider web behind/underneath the shield? If so, how'd you get a socket on it?
Idk if I'll be able to get my gorilla hands back there, but it's good to know that it's not totally impossible without pulling the manifold. Worst case I'll enlist some smaller hands lol
Didn’t say one word on how to get the connector off?!?
Relax
Look at the fan connectors some of the ones up front and practice on those ones alot of them are the same
It's the same as a bunch of other connectors on the engine😂
2010 connector is waaaaaay harder than an LS motor (97-07l
Great job thanks
Thank you
great video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
High voltage error and reads zero...Thoughts?
Thank you. ❤
Hope it helped
@@Sleeperdude Yes sir very informative very easy to follow instructions God bless you have a wonderful day
Very cool
If you not doing it bro, why post a video!?
I did. It was me
@@SleeperdudeThank you sir!!! Turns out it was my oil pump. It's bad!!
@@DetroitFlip5680 More likely the O ring is hard and cracked. Either way the oil pump has to come out unless you drop the pan. If it's old just get the timing chain replaced with the oil pump. Mine died at 242k and I'm putting in a used motor. ;-)
5 min my ass😮 it took me 1hr plus.hehe
Cant get my hands back there at all. Going the long route
That comment about being 5 minutes is very misleading. No doubt it can be done without dismantling the whole intake, but 5 minutes? It will take more than that just climbing on top of that engine and get one hand on the connector and try to pull it of without braking it.
Newer ones have a filter
2014
Thank you!!!!!