Oil level indication failure

[skremese]

All,

I had my '01 Turbo to the dealer this week for 2 items - rough clutch pedal travel & notification from the instrument cluster that reading the oil level has failed. The dealer fixed the clutch pedal issue siting a bad accumulator. The oil level reading is proving to be more difficult.

The dealer, as did I, assumed the problem was the oil level sender. Once a new part was installed on the wire (but not in the tank) the tech tested the system and still saw a failure. He stated he put his ohm meter on the wires (assume he followed the details in the diag manual) and it looks like a short in the wire somewhere. Now here's the kicker - they state this is not covered under my CPO warranty (most likely) and that it'll be probably $1000 and up to fix as it's a lot of time to find the break in the wire.

Just for fun I removed the panels under the hood and looked at the wire bundles there as well as under the dash. There are soooo many! From the wiring diagrams it looks like the wires a Blue/Green & Black/Orange for sensor & ground respectively. I couldn't find them anywhere in front of the firewall. I was unable to see them (without dismantling any of the dash) under the dash.

So, does anyone know how these wires are routed? Does this at all seem plausible? Does anyone think that this should be covered (car has only been serviced at Porsche dealer and I'm the 2nd owner). Finally, wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just run 2 new wires (this appears to be the only signal on these wires - it's a direct connection I guess and not a bus).

Thanks for any help,

Steve

[Alex4747]

I would think it should be covered under your CPO warranty as long as no mods have been performed after purchase