1995 Honda Accord 2.2L (4 Door).

I have been trying to remove my oil pressure switch all day. You'd think it would be easy with the custom tool but even with the tool, I can't get anything around the piece because the wire is in the way. And it in enclosed in the plastic housing.

The switch is covered with some sort of plastic and I don't want to accidentally break something. I have included links to a picture of what I'm talking about.

Oil Pressure Switch Photo #1

Oil Pressure Switch Photo #2

 

You have to pull off/remove that connector from the oil pressure switch before you attempt to remove the oil pressure switch.

 

But how? Won't it break the wire?
And that black plastic (or what feels like plastic) is almost molded to the switch. It even has the Hexagon shape to it so that you could fit the tool around it. Except the wire is in the way.

 

You have to remove the connector before attempting to use a tool on the switch. It won't break the wire if you only pull on the connector (don't pull on the wires). Use your hand and wiggle it off.

 

For your car, that should be a rubber boot. Try pulling and wiggling it by hand. If it is really hard to pull out, use a flat-tip screwdriver to gently pry it out while pulling/wiggling it with your hand.

The rubber boot probably has degraded and became hard over time, that is why is feels a little like plastic.

 

x2 on redbull-1's suggestion.

That rubber piece felt like hard plastic when I removed mine on my 95 accord a while back.

 

Okay. Thanks for the responses. I'll try that, hopefully later today if the rain ever lets up. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Okay. So i pulled and tugged and tried to pry off the rubber cover.
Here's what happened:

1) The tip of the rubber, covering the actual electrical connection on the switch, ripped off while at the same time safely disconnected the wire.
2) But there is still the hardened rubber around the base of the switch.

I'm going to try to cut the remaining hardened rubber off with a razor blade. Then maybe we can get moving forward on this.

While I have your attention, would someone take a look at my post on the thread below.
Power Steering Rack disconnections

 

You should be able to get the socket on the oil pressure sending unit with part of the rubber boot on the original sensor.

I would probably secure the boot around the new sensor by wrapping it with electrical tape.

I moved your post to the gen tech help forum, because you will get more responses. If you read the diy section rules, it directs you to post over here.

We can not change the name of that forum, but it is more for putting instructions on DIY work.

 

Okay thanks. These forums are a bit confusing. There seems to be multiple tiers within subjects.

I will definitely wrap in in tape or something.

Thanks for the info.