FisterD

As always! And with great pics to boot!

forklift

His dad's a TV repairman. He's got an awesome set of tools.

Ritter v4.0

Added 1.25 quarts and now show at warmed idle:

quantity gauge needle @ 330 o'clock (it lives!)
temp gauge needle @ 730 o'clock
pressure gauge needle @ 230 o'clock
dipstick reading @ near top

In short, I was short (oil) and had/have no sensor problem.
I now know the correaltion between them all.

RallyJon

One question about the dipstick: Mine doesn't look like the photo--it has about 3" of twist through the entire oil level range, rather than the dimple and small twist at each end of the range. Was the design changed at some point?

martyp

JA -

Excellent thoughts . One question:

"To check the sensor you need to attach a multimeter to the opposite side of the same connector and move the operating float on the sensor in the tank."

I have not yet looked at the tank/sensor configuration, so how would I move the float while it's still in the tank?

Thanks,

MP

JasonAndreas

The dipstick next to the sensor in my photo is from a 964 and your dipstick should look like this;


original unmarked photo courtesy of Dudley

You loosen the four bolts attaching the sensor to the tank and pull the sensor partially out of the tank, removing it completely is a PITA because of the float and the size of the opening. If the non-magnetic float pops off the holding arm it is a real nightmare to fish it out of the tank.