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Date:         Tue, 9 Jun 1998 05:26:16 -0700
Reply-To:     David Dustan <dustan@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         David Dustan <dustan@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Checking My '86 Vanagon, the answer!
Comments: To: f.woodcock@UNISON.CO.UK, "Vanagon@VANAGON.COM"
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Hmmm, interesting, Frank!  I did not realize the differnce between the
notches was so little!  But you know?  When I poured a beer in the oil
pipe it didn't bring the level any??  The froth overfilled my engine.
Time to drain again!!  ;>


David


>As a rule of thumb, you need half quart (pint) to fill up from the
lower
>notch to the top notch of the measure stick. The difference between the


>US quart and the slightly larger UK quart is too small to make any
>difference.


>If you buy a one pint pewter tankard in the UK and ask for a draught
>beer in the US, you get one US pint of beer and a half inch of froth in


>the 'larger' tankard.
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