Long read, but I wanted to make sure everyone knows my timeline. My 97 with 187k sit in the driveway for a month due to a busted water pump. It was dark when I got home in the evening, rained or was too cold to change it on the weekends. After I got our garage cleaned out and 4unner in, I replaced the timing belt, water pump, pulleys, radiator, and flushed the system per Timmy the Toolman's video. I did not change the oil pump.

After everything was back together, I also did an oil change, added seafoam, and Wix filter. I craked it up for 10 minutes to operating temp and then took a drive around the neighborhood. That's when the oil light came on. I assumed it was from the seafoam cleaning the sludge which may have dropped to the bottom of the motor and clogged the oil pickup. I did another oil change. 5W-30 oil and reused the Wix filter as it still looked clean. The Seafoam had helped clean the oil as it was black again.

As some had noted here on the form, I purchased an oil pressure gauge. However, I can not get the dam oil sensor out. I had read it was a 24mm deep well. Even after taking the oil filter back off, the socket will not go over the electronic part at all. I tried to break it loose with a crescent wrench but it will not budge. So a couple of questions.

1. How the hell do people get the oil sensor plug out?
2. Will the OBD-II port report oil pressure? I have a cheap bluetooth reader and use Torque. It doesn't show within the app that it can read oil pressure. It may be the crappy reader I'm using. Hoping someone can give some good tips. I'm ready to set it on fire and roast some marshmallows.

Thanks in advance,

Jeremy