That's what it says in my Owner's Manuals too, but on both my old 84 D and my
present 90 TD I've always had to fill between 5 and 5.5 ltrs with filter change
to get the dipstick to the 'full' mark!

Regards,
Robin
90 Vanagon Westfalia Atlantic TD
The Netherlands

Gerald Masar wrote:

> According to Bentley:With filter change - 4.0Ltr or 4.2 US qt.Without filter
> change - 3.5 Ltr or 3.7 US qt.Jerry
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: Thomas Czerniak
>      To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>      Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 11:42 AM
>      Subject: Diesel Vanagons
>       Can anyone tell me what the oil capacity is on a Diesel
>      vanagon?TIA!Tom Czerniak
>