On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Steve Cotsford wrote:

> Believe me, you havent had BAD blowby until the breather going to the
> intake is so oil laden the engine takes off.  This will make a terrible
> noise and completely obscure the road behind you with blue smoke.
> Getting stopped is quite exciting !!

I've heard that on '82 diesel Vanagons, the blowby can also push the
dipstick out and force the oil out through the filler tube.  (The filler
enters the oil pan below the static oil level.)

I'm not sure how you'd get that much crankcase pressure unless your
breather was also clogged, though.

'83 diesels used a different dipstick design.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon