Need Help! Oil Pump Questions!, Motor Blew, Replacing with 5S from another car, Oil pump differences p Options

[luisitol]

Hey guys,

I did a quick search on this but didn't find anything on it. My motor in my 96 Celi GT blew last week and I had already rebuilt a 95 5SFE motor from my Camry, but the Camry isn't running so I am swapping in that motor to my Celica. I knew I would have to switch over some accesories and the wiring and a few brackets but my concern now is that the 95 5SFE motor has the oil pump without the sensor, while the 96 has the oil pump with the sensor.

Now I am faced with this issue and needed to know how serious it is. I honestly have tapped out my funds and don't have the $150 to purchase another pump, not to mention that I would have to crack open the rebuilt motor again. I know we already have an oil pressure sender in the head so I am not sure how important that oil pump sensor truely is. Ultimatley if it is direly necessary I will just have to wait till i do have the funds but I would like to avoid that as I now have to share the other Celi with my gf and I drive 43miles to work each day so its entirely difficult sharing the cars.

Any information that can be provided would be appreciated. Thanks.

[hurley97]

The sensor that mounts to the oil pump housing is the crankshaft position sensor. Without it you cannot use your 96 ECU, it won't know how to make the car run properly and set the check engine light. How did you blow the motor in the Celica? Was it the oil pump that failed? Why not just swap it onto the Camry block?