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Subject:Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy
From:Robert Pickett
Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:08:41 -0700

1985 Westfalia, Water-Cooled, 1.9l

Way too smug doing my first oil
change by myself, I replaced the exact amount
called for in the specs instead of stopping
short to check.

Thus I overfilled it by around 1/2 an inch
on the oil dipstick.  The oil registers
up to the little twist above the MAX notch.

A 300 mile drive tomorrow, should I worry
about the overfill (ie drain it and put the correct
amount back in) or not before I go?

Yes, I'm an engine idiot (but learning).

Thanks for your thoughts.

-rp

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