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Anyone else have one of these kits in their van?

A year after installation, when putting in a rebuilt engine, l'm still having issues. The one l fitted only works when van has been driven for about five miles. It's as if the oil is not staying by the blue sender switch, now moved from between pushrod tubes and relocated to top of engine block, by the thermostat.

Any advice please?

Regards
Stuart

Capillary action should keep the pressure line full, a leak would be obvious! Is your block earthing sound? Those remote switches need their own earth iirc so it might be an instrumentation earth loop/return problem.

Hi Ian,

No leaks and dash oil light works perfectly well when oil is warm? So l'm certain l can dismiss earth issue. But will add one tomorrow and post findings.

By the way we were in Addlestone today. Refuelling with LPG opposite the derelict pub. 78p a litre. Result!

Wrong! After 400 miles over the weekend, there is a bit of oil pudding below oil switch.
Will sort it out



And l've lost a tail pipe too

silverbullet wrote: ↑07 Feb 2026, 17:16 Capillary action should keep the pressure line full, a leak would be obvious! Is your block earthing sound? Those remote switches need their own earth iirc so it might be an instrumentation earth loop/return problem.

The oil line doesn't need to be full. It can be full of air. The pressure will be the same at the switch regardless. I had an oil pressure gauge on an MG Midget years ago and it had a transparent oil line which only ever had a splash of oil in but the gauge worked fine!