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Posted by: Mike D. Mar 18 2003, 11:17 AM

This may sound like a silly question, but is there suposed to be a seal or crush washer between the case and oil pressure sender (stock)?
-Mike D.

Posted by: Mike D. Mar 18 2003, 12:36 PM

Anybody...? really, I have to do this today...

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Mar 18 2003, 12:43 PM

My memory says no. I think the sender is a tapered thread (pipe thread). You can probably tell by installing to reasonable degree of torque. I think you will see that it does not bottom out so sealing ring would not help. I would not bet the farm on the above advice but hope it helps some.

Posted by: porschewiz Mar 18 2003, 12:58 PM

Definatilly not .... its tapered
I don think you'll be able to see the treads with the sheet metal on. If its leaking its probably where the plastic and metal meet and once they are really leaking it nomally will make it look like the contact is leaking oil and you shouldn't use teflon tape on the threads.

Posted by: Lawrence914-6 Mar 18 2003, 01:13 PM

When I put a new sender in the Bumblebee.. I don't think I used one.

-Rusty

Posted by: Dave_Darling Mar 18 2003, 01:28 PM

There definitely should not be a seal or gasket. It does use tapered "pipe" threads.

--DD

Posted by: Zeke Mar 18 2003, 01:38 PM

10-4, no seal.

Posted by: porschewiz Mar 18 2003, 01:39 PM

Hay Dave.... Are you on the clock? What do you accually do for NASA? LOL . That website I was talking about ealier with you was called mike's tech page it had some good info on the BMW brakes and the D-jet (I think you wrote.) Is this website still around?

Posted by: Mike D. Mar 18 2003, 01:55 PM

Thanks everyone!
-Mike D.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Mar 18 2003, 03:46 PM

Sorry, but I don't remember a "Mike's Tech Page". There was Tim Jones' 914 Fan Page, which should still be available at http://www.914fan.org . There's a lot more info out there now--for instance, Brad Anders D-jet pages have just about everything that anyone knows about D-jet EFI. http://members.rennlist.com/pbanders .

--DD

Posted by: porschewiz Mar 18 2003, 03:52 PM

It might have been Tim's...... Has CRS syndrome and sometimers