can i remove the waterpressure sensor being in water ?

[aerobat]

... on a 2006 5.0 b3 mpi without flooding the bilge ?

its located on the powersteering cooler .

i have low water pressure readings without any overheatings and want to check or clean the sensor .

best regards

 

[Bt Doctur]

nothing to clean or test just make sure the PS cooler is bonded to the engine or add a ground from the cooler to the block

 

[achris]

You can remove it without flooding the boat ONLY if it's above the outside water level. If it's below, snookered snake...

Chris....

 

[aerobat]

nothing to clean or test just make sure the PS cooler is bonded to the engine or add a ground from the cooler to the block

smartcraft reads zero with engine off and the pressure changes with different rpm,s so i guess the sensor works and grounding id good . its just low so i thought maybe the sensor is a little bit clogged . no way it can be clogged and need to cleaned off ?

i get 1.16 psi at idle coldstart and after a day of boating it might get down to 0.5 psi at idle . no alarms or guardian mode

that said i logged on the weekend 8 hours on the boat and the temp was always between 153 and 156 deg on the smartcraft . due to my knowledge the engine WILL overheat when there would be a restriction on the pickup.

 

[scoflaw]

Had a pair of new 5.0's in a 2006 Searay. 0.5 is where they were at idling. 17 or so WOT.

No alarms = no problems