If you have the original plastic dipstick on an '82 U.S. spec. diesel, the capacity should be about 4.2 U.S. quarts. I seem to recall that my original dipstick was green. When it broke, I replaced it with a new VW replacement part that was pink plastic. The new dipstick allowed a little more capacity, I think about 1/2 quart more. Later, I added a second dipstick that is a replacement part for a later model diesel Vanagon (I don't know what year). If I add 5 1/2 quarts with filter, then the oil level measures midway between the full and add marks on this second dipstick. This second dipstick enters the middle of the engine block just above the oil pan gasket. It is all metal and its chrome guide tube makes a sweeping curve from the hole in the block, past the alternator, to the top part of the license plate hole. Mike <mjcatlin@pacbell.net: Davis, Calif.
> > > Can anyone tell me what the oil capacity is on a Diesel > > vanagon?TIA!Tom Czerniak > > |
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