Date:         Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:08:33 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@SLS.BC.CA>
Organization: Shawnigan Lake School
Subject:      Re: Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy
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I assume you have run the engine after the oil change? If not,
you should run it, then wait 5-10 minutes & check again, just to
be sure the level is actually over the full mark. If it is, I would
drain some out, either by pulling the plug & replacing quickly,
or siphon out the filler tube.

On 4 Oct 2001 at 16:29, Mike Collum wrote:

> You should be able to just drain SOME out .... and do.
>
> My 1.9 likes me best when I have the oil half way between the FULL and ADD marks.
>
> Mike
> '84 GL
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Pickett" <tajimiboy@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:08 PM
> Subject: Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy
>
>
> > 1985 Westfalia, Water-Cooled, 1.9l
> >
> > Way too smug doing my first oil
> > change by myself, I replaced the exact amount
> > called for in the specs instead of stopping
> > short to check.
> >
> > Thus I overfilled it by around 1/2 an inch
> > on the oil dipstick.  The oil registers
> > up to the little twist above the MAX notch.
> >
> > A 300 mile drive tomorrow, should I worry
> > about the overfill (ie drain it and put the correct
> > amount back in) or not before I go?
> >
> > Yes, I'm an engine idiot (but learning).
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts.
> >
> > -rp
> >
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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca