Looking for a VR30 oil pump control solenoid (Nissan pn 15031-BV82A)

[FSUZ33]

This thread has morphed from looking for a solenoid, but not sure what to do. May ultimately have helpful info, no clue.

Anyway, I got the solenoid. Full of glitter. Also, looking at it under a scope it looks like it was dropped and the end (ring around the screen) is cracked from the OD to the ID. This is why I don't trust ebay for used stuff.

Ohm'd the pins and it's coming back with 24.4-24.5 ohms. No clue if that means you can slap a 24.5 ohm resistor (or 25, idk) on the end of the harness to avoid lights.
Where my nerds at?
Helpful nerds. Not the type I work with. If I needed Dungeons and Dragons advise *advice* I'd be swimming in info right now.

 

[FSUZ33]

 

[dogunbound]

Bro you got a nissan scan tool thingy? maybe try unplugging it and then putting a 25 ohm resistor in. If it throws codes just reset it.

 

[FSUZ33]

I have an Innova scan tool.
If that does throw a code, it’s one I could erase?
I know from experience my tool won’t erase airbag codes (took the seats out of a Z33 for a thorough cleaning without disconnecting the battery).

 

[dogunbound]

Ah it's gotta be some nissan specific one I'd bet.

 

[Drago86]

Make sure you use a high watt resistor; it's almost 10 watts at 14.5v.

The plug is the hard thing to find for me to make a simple bypass.

 

[FSUZ33]

20W, 50W, 100W?
I feel like a higher wattage doesn’t change anything other than how much the res can handle, but not sure if there’s an ‘overkill’ point.
Typically deal with axial. Would a TO220 package work? (25 Ohm, ?W, 1%, TO220)

 

[dogunbound]

Try reddit.com/r/askcarguys
There might be someone who has defeated some nissan sensor at some point.

 

[Drago86]

20W, 50W, 100W?
I feel like a higher wattage doesn’t change anything other than how much the res can handle, but not sure if there’s an ‘overkill’ point.
Typically deal with axial. Would a TO220 package work? (25 Ohm, ?W, 1%, TO220)

Anything More than 10 watts, though I'd go slightly higher because it's in the hot engine bay.

15-20w is probably fine. You are correct the wattage just makes sure the resistor can handle the heat and not burn up/melt.


The TO220 may work depending on model and size of heatsink (no heatsink appears to be ~1 watt for most I'm seeing)