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Subject:Re: Oil warning light?
From:Allan Streib
Date:Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:36:52 -0400

David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> writes:

> I'm not sure.  The mechanical guri on the list say to maintain
> between the low mark and halfway on the stick.  Halfway's either a
> pint less or half a pint -- Bentley alleges that on the 2.1l dipstick
> there's only a half-liter (half-quart?) between the two marks.  Until
> recently I didn't care, and now that I do I haven't measured mine yet.

My rule is on changes fill it to about halfway between the "add" and the
"full" marks, and between changes I do not add oil unless it's below the
"add" mark.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL

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