Which dipstick is this?  Are you using the dipstick opening next to the oil
filter flange or are you using a 50 degree conversion and using the one that
goes into the pan?  If it is the 50 degree pan then it is just a cork gasket
that you have to replace.  If it is a 15 degree or 50 degree conversion with
the dipstick going into the block - it is a compression fit - 15 degree
works well if you use the original tube - if you removed a 15 degree tube
for a 50 degree tube you'll find the compression fitting is rather lame and
it leaks - not too much you can really do about that = sort of the round peg
in the square hole issue.  My 50 degree swap with the dipstick here always
seeped oil a little.

If it isn't leaking around the base of the metal type but rather where the
dipstick goes in I would suggest that you have a crank case vent issue that
needed to be fix before the motor blows a seal.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of MacLachlan, Bill
Sent: October 28, 2002 2:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: I4 conversion oil leak

Can anyone point me to a Rabbit/Golf/Scirroco list with archives?
I've an irritating  oil leak where the ( unused) dipstick goes into the
block of my 1800 jetta motor.
( Please don't tell me I have to pull the motor apart to fix it!)
TIA

Bill M.
'82 Jetta powered GL