Mike: Any chance you can pull a part number off this oil pan? Since you are running it on an '82 1.6L NA, does the return oil line fitting have a plug in it? Maynard On Saturday, July 28, 2001 10:53 AM, "Michael Snow" <mwsnow@home.com> wrote: > Yes, it was me that reported that the oil pan held 4 quarts. I cannot > explain the difference in our test results. From Mark Drillock's > experience, I believe that I have the oil pan used on the factory TD Vanagon > sold only in Europe. The turbo oil return line goes into the pan at the > bottom edge on the left side. Incidentally, in the North American ETKA this > is the only diesel oil pan in the illustrations. The oil pan commonly found > on the 1982-1983 USA model diesel Vanagons is listed by part number only. > All of the illustrations from 1980-1985 show the TD oil pan. |
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