Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 15:18:47 -0400
Reply-To: puzerewski <puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: puzerewski <puzerewski@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: Re: oil fill level.....
Tim,]
Why are you responding to emails and not responding to your accusations? Go
to pypal and check it out and apologize!
Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle
73 Transporter (new!!!!!!!)
Vanagon Partsmobiles
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Smith" <smithtj@NBNET.NB.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] oil fill level.....
> Subject: Re: Splitting Hairs on Adding Oil
>
> Phaedra,
> Hi All,
>
> in reply to oil fill question....
>
> Owners with temp gauges installed in their WBX'rs have reported that
> their lowest oil temps occurred when they filled the oil HALFWAY
> between the marks on the stick. This has come from at least 3 people.
> Theory is 'extra' oil gets whipped by the crank more and boosts the
> heat dumped into the oil. Performance cars run dry sumps to avoid this,
> it adds heat and robs power. You choose what you do, I just keep mine
> between the lines, half qt. at a time.
>
> Try over filling your oil about 1/2 qt and see what happens!!! It isn't
> pretty, that oil gets into barrels and you lay a hellish oil cloud out
> the exhaust. Done this a couple of times, in both cases it was upon a
> highspeed downshift to third on the highway. You ought to see how fast
> a trailing car will drop back when they think you've blown an engine in
> front of them. ;)
>
> Been getting a dormant bus alive, it smoked like hell, until I drained the
> 50/50 oil+gasoline mix out of the case, about 1/2 mark over the top line.
> Must have had starting probs to flood that badly, should've seen the oil
> smoke when I drove that one up a long hill before I dumped the gas-o-oil.
> Don't overfill, just don't. bye, Tim
>
> <snip>
> -----------------------
> Who was this Madman?
>
> It doesn't make one iota of a difference !
>
> Even if you did overfill it by 1/2 of a quart, it wouldn't do any
> damage.
>
> Just another yarn, conjured up by a rocket scientist.
>
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