Oil level sensor in Oil Tank

as_de_bruin · 07-19-2004, 02:51 AM

I was wondering whether the oil tank of a 1971 911T is standard equipped with an oil level sensor. I wanted to start cleaning and re-painting the oil tank so I retrieved it from the storage and saw the oil level sensor that is installed.

I can not remember that I've disconnected any wires when removing the oil tank from the car. I do remember that old bills that came with the car indicated some work or replacement of the oil tank, but the handwriting was quite difficult to read so I'm not certain. So it is possible that a not original oil tank was installed.

Perhaps someone on this forum can help me out I've currently no access to the factory manuals as they are currently at the person who's rebuilding the engine, so I cannot figure it out myself with the manuals.

With kind regards,

Bill Verburg · Bill Verburg's Garage

Does one of your combo dash gauges have a readout for oil level? If so there is likely a sender. The gauge package was not included onall models.

Randy Webb · 07-19-2004, 07:46 PM

So you think that maybe a simple plate is there instead of a sender?

Turn the tank upside down a few times - you'll hear the send lever moving around if ther eis one. But to really clean it up, you want to remove the plate anyway then install after apinting & cleaning with a new gasket.

as_de_bruin · 07-20-2004, 06:05 AM

Thanks for the input,

The tank contains a sensor but I cannot remember that a oil level sensor was located in 1 of the gauges.
If it was optional equipment, than the car was not ordered with it. The original specs do not mention this as optional equipment. So i think it was mounted by 1 of the previous owners.

911SCfanatic · 911SCfanatic's Garage

my recollection is that normally (non-s) there was a fuel level gauge with the other half blocked with a plate. optionally, you could get the oil level gauge and fuel level gauge together in the s-gauge package. you can find this in the early 911 book.

Early_S_Man · 07-20-2004, 07:25 AM

'Standard' 911T models [without optional 'S' gauge package] did not have the oil level gauge, or sender. There was a block-off plate instead of the sender!