I'll have to check this my 82 gas. I didnt know this existed either; have to carry my own special long, narrow funnel to put oil in. always a mess. > > > Really? My 1982 diesel has it. I felt really dumb when I discovered it, > I'd been struggling to get oil in the filler and making a big mess. It's > a bit hard to spot, but if you look closely at the top of the filler tube > you'll see there's a double lip on it. Pull up (might want to use a rag > so your fingers don't get oily) and it'll telescope out far enough to > extend out of the license plate flap, making this the easiest vehicle to > add oil to without spilling that I've ever driven. Thanks, VW! The thing > that makes it hard to see is that the lip in the inner tube is the same > diameter as the outer tube, so it just looks like an extra bit of molded > plastic at first. > |
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