On 2wd diesel Vanagons the tranny nose mount is different than all
others. It raises the tranny nose quite a bit with the desired effect of
lowering the back of the engine to clear the engine cover better at the
injection pump. The 2wd diesel oil pan is designed to offset this tilted
engine/tranny position and still have the oil pan level to the ground.
If you use this oil pan with any other tranny or engine mounting
position the bottom of the pan may and probably will not be level to the
ground.

Mark

Dana Morphew wrote:
>
> In my conversion ( '89 RV into '90 Basic Vanagon using '83 diesel
> carriers and mounts) I bolted the rear of the carriers through the two
> bottom holes of each rather than the top two.  I also am using 10 mm.
> spacers to lower the front end of the carriers.  This leaves me with an
> oil pan that is ~ 25 mm. higher in back than front.  I used 3.75 qts of
> oil using the 719/5 filter and my level was ~10 mm. below the bottom
> mark on the dipstick.  All's well so far.  Oh, I'm using the '82 diesel
> oil tube.
>
> -Dana-
>
> > 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
>
> > > 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