dead wire next to oil pan (pics)

[Brett]

Sorry about the ****** quality, was looking for power steering leak and found this...

The wire is outlinded buy a black square, it leads up a ways. I cant see where it goes. The only place i could see this wire going is here, its a little to the right of the first picture, sorry i couldnt get it all in one...

it comes out right above the oil pan, and its got one wire prong sticking out, are these two supposed to be connected? thanks to anyone who replies.

 

[ShadetreeSHOguy]

err, does your reverse lights work? i cant quite make out where that is

 

[Brett]

its runs right infront of the axle, sorry for the crappy pic quality, its hard to take good pics when your car isnt too high up on jackstands. to be honest... i dont think my reverse lights work, i'll let you know when i replace the hose pouring PS fluid.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

Looks to me like the oil PSI sending unit.

Does the RED oil light some on when you turn the ignition to ON?

 

[firstgen89sho]

looks like the low oil level sender wire, that attaches to the sensor on the oil pan

 

[quikSHOilver]

Oil level

Yea it shoule be oil level lead wire because its only thing that really cannot be unplugged like rest of connectors without screwing the big ****** out of oil pan... I have seen friend's sho that way(dead wire) too. What I did to both of mine was cut it, soldered extra length wire to it and created a connector so can be unplugged when needed. Only wire I didn't understand why ford would create conflict to it.

 

[93rev2sev]

I'll third the oil level sender...

heres what shophoenix shows: Notice that the wire get clipped to an oilpan bolt.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

looks like the low oil level sender wire, that attaches to the sensor on the oil pan

AHA!

I was looking at the photos wrong.

Yes, the sensor in the backside of the pan is the low oil level sensor.
The wire lead runs upwards, is held tight against the motor by that clip, and continues upwards.... right past the OIL PSI sending unit (also inside the square box drawn on the photo )

 

[sho_sc]

On my SHO it's the safety switch for the flux capacitor.

 

[Brett]

Thanks alot guys! Probably one of the quickest and most informed group of people to help me with a problem so far. It definitely looks like it does in the pic proved by shopheonix (thanks 93rev2sev) and everyone else who helped me out! Much appreciated guys!