M50 swap oil pan info/question

[matt]

Hey everybody...

I am not sure if anyone has ever managed to hook up the e34 oil level sensor, but I am not bothering with it (I bought a new oil pan, no sensor) so I found a block off plate from some sort of euro car with no oil level sensor.

BMW #s
11 13 1 726 357 - plate
12 61 1 277 129 - o-ring

This will increase oil capacity somewhat, and gets rid of some useless hardware, which I like.

So now my question is... what is the oil capacity of the e34 oil pan? Thanks!

Matt

[DEV0 E30]

BMWE34.NET says:

525i M50 / 535i: 5.75 liters (6.1 US qt.)

[KangamangusDriver]

I bypassed my oil level sensor since I thought it was leaking.
Machined a piece out aluminum.

-Car holds about 6.5+/- US quarts.

oil leak turned out to be o-ring on dipstick tube.

[Beej '86 325es]

Are you referring to the oil level sensor, as in the LED on the check panel for our E30's?

Is that where our E30 level sender is?

[FredK]

On the E34 oil pan, there's a sensor that attaches to the bottom of the oil reservoir. It's part 11 in the attached diagram. As you can see, it's a cylindrical part that displaces some oil volume.

[matt]

Right.

11 13 1 726 357 is part #10 in that diagram, in case you want to do away with the sender.

[equate975]

Yup I used #10 also, except I cant make the little fuck stop dripping oil..

[matt]

You have an o-ring that isn't nicked or torn? You have it torqued properly?