Mike:
Any chance you can pull a part number off this oil pan?  Since you are running
it on an '82 1.6L NA, does the return oil line fitting have a plug in it?

Maynard

On Saturday, July 28, 2001 10:53 AM, "Michael Snow" <mwsnow@home.com> wrote:
> Yes, it was me that reported that the oil pan held 4 quarts.  I cannot
> explain the difference in our test results.  From Mark Drillock's
> experience, I believe that I have the oil pan used on the factory TD Vanagon
> sold only in Europe.  The turbo oil return line goes into the pan at the
> bottom edge on the left side.  Incidentally, in the North American ETKA this
> is the only diesel oil pan in the illustrations.  The oil pan commonly found
> on the 1982-1983 USA model diesel Vanagons is listed by part number only.
> All of the illustrations from 1980-1985 show the TD oil pan.