Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:27:47 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: In Missoula, overfilled oil
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If its too high you need to get the level down pronto Mike.
If the morons put a full 5 quarts in there the crank will be frothing the
oil to a non-pumpable foam...
Where is it on the dipstick?
It would be pretty easy (with a cool engine!!) to just loosen off the oil
filter a little bit and let it run down the sides of the filter for one
second, then tighten it right back up again and check the level.
Repeat as necessary until its down to the full mark...
Good luck, Jake
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> My trust in Steve's Place in Bend, Ore., just went down a whole bunch.
> Last night, when I was unhooking the Westralia from the van, I noticed
> the safety chain was oily. The dipstick revealed that the chimps had
> overfilled the oil when they changed it last week.
>
> I've heard here that overfilling is a Bad Thing (1.9l).
>
> I'm tempted to just leave it as is so when I return I can take it back
> to them and demonstrate the problem, get them to take some out, and
> clean the mess up.
>
> Should I? Could I?
>
> The van has done a great job pulling me up and down some amazing grades,
> with no hot temps and no oil warning light.
>
> If the most sensible thing is to get the excess out, my options are:
>
> 1. Buy the requisite tools and clamber under the van to do it. Recalling
> that I don't enjoy getting under the thing and don't have the tools, I'd
> need: (A) a pep talk, (B) a list of required tools and supplies, and (C)
> a brief description of procedure. This is a 1.9l engine.
>
> I used to change the oil in my 71 bus every 3,000 miles, and there were
> crushable washers, a gasket, and two sizes of wrenches needed. And I
> don't know how I would have just dumped a small amount of oil unless I
> just let the downpour soak my hand when I reached back up to plug the
> leak. Hints?
>
> or,
>
> 2. Find a good shop here in Missoula. Anyone have a strong
> recommendation for some non-chimps in Missoula?
>
> The cabin doesn't have Internet, I'll check the list every so often the
> next few days when I get into town.
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> Oh -- the lesson here is if you want something done right, you gotta do
> it yourself. Unless you're as unskilled as I am, in which case it's a
> coin-toss.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 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
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