Matthew, be careful comparing a 82 diesel to a Syncro. The engines are
at much different angles front to back. If you use a 2wd diesel oil pan
and oil pump pickup in a Syncro the pan will not be level. How this
affects the ideal oil level I don't know. In a Syncro the pan will be
much higher in the back. If you use a oil pan mounted diesel Vanagon oil
dipstick assembly the marks will be way off. Hopefully the TIICO kit
uses the later style through the block. I wonder if the dipstick oil
level marks have been checked for suitability in the Syncro application?

Mark

Matthew Pollard wrote:
>
> How much oil does an 82 diesel vanagon hold?  I'm trying to track down
> an oil problem i'm having w/ my tiico... and because the tiico and the
> diesel have the same oil pan, it's a good starting to point to try!
> Thanks
> matthew