oh... PAN Ben.. not pan gasket. the point is .........I think he wanted to know if he could use a Rabbit pan .. and the answer to that is ........THE PAN is not related in any way. yes..for sure a metal oil pan could be make to work in a diesel vanagon .. just a lot of fabrication and welding.. and ........don't forget the oil pick up tube ...Yet another part that does not cross over from Diesel Rabbit to DV. nice to see your note. the windage tray btw.. I just ask for one for a '95 Golf with AAZ' .. and it's always better to have one .. though for a stock 1.6 NA in a diesel vanagon I usually don't bother. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:35 PM Subject: Re: Oil Pan needed
Well, that's not 100% accurate. They use the same gasket. The mating surface is virtually identical. If one had a lot of time, you could reshape the Rabbit oilpan into a piece which can be bolted in place of the cast aluminum Vanagon pan. It might take you forever and a half and with great skill. However, in some sense they are related a little.
BenT sent from my electronic leash On Sep 29, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > hi.. > in full words.. > The Rabbit diesel pan is not related in any way to the DV cast aluminum > oil pan. |
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