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Date:         Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:31:06 -0400
Reply-To:     T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1.9L - oil needed to go from dipstick minium to maxium?
Comments: To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <AANLkTil1ElWqbF6Or1x99xxM8Zhopnu8IyEg-th7Sqhk@mail.gmail.com>
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Not only do I use that logic with the vanagon, but with the scirocco a like :) I will have to say the same. I put about 1/2 and try to stay around that 1/2 level mark....give or take.

Hth Tony

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Jake de Villiers < crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> List Wisdom suggests that 1/2 way between is the best oil level. A quart > will be too much if you're at the lower mark - try a half. > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" < > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > > (Fans of W.C. Fields movies might get the reference to "minium" and > > "maxium".) > > > > On a 1.9L engine, how much oil is needed to fill from the minimum mark > > on the dipstick to /just below/ the maximum mark? Will a quart overflow? > > > > #110 in a series of frequently-asked questions the answers to which I > > should know. > > > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > > Bend, OR > > KG6RCR > > > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >

-- 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" 85 Vanagon "El Guapo" http://groups.google.com/group/washtenaw-vws


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