2009 Aveo Oil Sender leaking?

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I have an '09 Aveo and have been getting oil drips on the ground and low pressure. I'm keeping it topped off every week or so when the light flickers, but I want to repair it before any serious damage occurs. I climbed under it, and the leaks appear to be coming from what appears to be a sender unit. Looks like it is behind the A/C compressor and will be a stone bitch to replace. Can anyone verify if it is, in fact, the oil sender? I may let the dealer handle this one if so. I can't even get a wrench around it where it's at, so it looks like the compressor will have to come off.

[dantheman]

likely the oil pressure sender. you can buy a socket to remove if you can not fit a wrench in where it is.

[Thymeclock]

I have an '09 Aveo and have been getting oil drips on the ground and low pressure. I'm keeping it topped off every week or so when the light flickers, but I want to repair it before any serious damage occurs. I climbed under it, and the leaks appear to be coming from what appears to be a sender unit. Looks like it is behind the A/C compressor and will be a stone bitch to replace. Can anyone verify if it is, in fact, the oil sender? I may let the dealer handle this one if so. I can't even get a wrench around it where it's at, so it looks like the compressor will have to come off.

How much oil are you losing? Usually when the oil warning light flickers, it's just a defective sending switch, but with no loss of oil.

If you are losing oil, it may be from somewhere else, not from the sending switch.