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  1. 12-17-2014, 01:39 PM #1
    michaelaiellosr
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    72 oil line question

    I bought this restoration project in boxes so I don't have the advantage of having taken the car apart. It came with factory 72 hard and soft lines to a front cooler (try to find those parts!!).I believe this part is the return tube from the 72 oil reservoir to the engine cooler. All the documentation I can collect does not reveal what is connected to the small welded boss fitting off the tube (looks like a -6 male connector). It's probably something like a vent line from the engine , but if anyone has definitive info it would be greatly appreciated as always. Thanks, MikeName: 72 911 oil return tube.jpg Views: 225 Size: 110.6 KB
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  2. 12-17-2014, 02:24 PM #2
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    It is for a sportomatic transmission line connection. Engine oil was used in the shifting mechanism (I think), not for the gears which used conventional gear oil.
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  3. 12-17-2014, 03:16 PM #3
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    hmmm...guess that needs to be blocked off, or cut off and plugged/patched. Thanks Gib
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    My manual transmission 1972 doesn't have that adapter piece, I just repainted it.
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  5. 12-18-2014, 01:42 PM #5
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    Do either of you have a front cooler on your car and do you have installed the factory parts for the front cooler?
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  6. 12-18-2014, 01:49 PM #6
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    You can order the hard lines and most of the components from Porsche these days. Check the PET...scroll down to the oil tank and lines page and get P/Ns. Call Sunset Porsche in Portand, OR for help and good prices.

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  7. 12-19-2014, 01:00 PM #7
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    I don't have the front cooler
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  8. 01-05-2015, 05:05 PM #8
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    Elephant racing has the '72 w/oil cooler line issue sorted out!
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