Mountain Imports.  Little spendy but seem to know what they are doing.  
 
A lister lives in Missoula that I know maybe he can speak up.   
 
 

 
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:47:54 -0600
> From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: In Missoula, overfilled oil
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> My trust in Steve's Place in Bend, Ore., just went down a whole bunch.
> Last night, when I was unhooking the Westralia from the van, I noticed
> the safety chain was oily. The dipstick revealed that the chimps had
> overfilled the oil when they changed it last week.
> 
> I've heard here that overfilling is a Bad Thing (1.9l).
> 
> I'm tempted to just leave it as is so when I return I can take it back
> to them and demonstrate the problem, get them to take some out, and
> clean the mess up.
> 
> Should I? Could I?
> 
> The van has done a great job pulling me up and down some amazing grades,
> with no hot temps and no oil warning light.
> 
> If the most sensible thing is to get the excess out, my options are:
> 
> 1. Buy the requisite tools and clamber under the van to do it. Recalling
> that I don't enjoy getting under the thing and don't have the tools, I'd
> need: (A) a pep talk, (B) a list of required tools and supplies, and (C)
> a brief description of procedure. This is a 1.9l engine.
> 
> I used to change the oil in my 71 bus every 3,000 miles, and there were
> crushable washers, a gasket, and two sizes of wrenches needed. And I
> don't know how I would have just dumped a small amount of oil unless I
> just let the downpour soak my hand when I reached back up to plug the
> leak. Hints?
> 
> or,
> 
> 2. Find a good shop here in Missoula. Anyone have a strong
> recommendation for some non-chimps in Missoula?
> 
> The cabin doesn't have Internet, I'll check the list every so often the
> next few days when I get into town.
> 
> Thanks, all.
> 
> Oh -- the lesson here is if you want something done right, you gotta do
> it yourself. Unless you're as unskilled as I am, in which case it's a
> coin-toss.
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
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