All right all Right!!!     That has to be one of the oldest "blonde"
jokes around!!!   Tee Hee Hee!!

DM&FS

At 06:32 PM 10/21/2005, Stan Wilder wrote:
>I can't find the oil fill on my Vanagon.
>I looked where the owners manual book said to look but all I find is a cap
>that says 710 on it. It that a different kind of filler cap?
>
>Stan Wilder
>Engine Ceramics
>214-352-4931
>www.engineceramics.com
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 2:08 PM
>Subject: Re: Oil Fill Level - Only go halfway. Makes a difference! Thanks
>Dennis.
>
>
> > Hey Tim,
> >
> > Good question.  I would imagine it applies at least partly to the
> > 1.9, because the blocks are the same, but on the other hand the
> > stroke is slightly less.  (What IS the difference in stroke?)
> >
> > If you have a pressure gauge, you could give it a try...
> >
> >
> >
> > tabe
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Does this advice apply to the 1.9L engine as well, or is it strictly a
>2.1
> > > thing?
> > > Inquiring minds want to know (at least inquiring minds with older vans).
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > >
> > > >Any chance he can, Dennis Haynes quietly points out that you should not
> > > >fill your oil to the upper line on the dipstick.  Dennis, who (as
>usual)
> > > >knows what he's talking about, should be shouting from the rooftops!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >