assuming it's installed at 50 degrees diesel vanagon style,
with DV oil pan,
6 liters is too much.
I used to get 5 qts into my 1.9 TD in a diesel vanagon and that worked fine.

which dipstick ?
the golf/jetta style that came on the 1.9 TD engine originally ? ...some
people run those.
or diesel vanagon style dipstick  ?

sounds like drain and refill to me, with proper amount of oi,l and see where
things are 'at'.

doesn't sound good, but there isn't enough information yet to comment very
intelligently, seems to me.

scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kraiker" <bybike@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 8:05 PM
Subject: Oil overfill... in a diesel

I read the thread started by deer master squirrel and found it
informative... I'd like to explore a different angle if volks are open to
it.

i knew i was going for a big trip this past weekend and didn't have much
time to prepare so i ask my local mechanic to do an oil change for me before
i went (first time for them). the engine is a 94 1.9 TD, and the dipstick is
not stock... or else it was stock before the engine got into the westy... in
any case the lines are way above what the engine needs.

the shop added about 6 litres which made the dipstick look right. sure
didn't make then engine happy (of course). so it got hot enough to blow it
out into the turbo, suck it back it, and have a runaway minute where it
rev'd way too high, even after shutting the ignition off. now... it pumps
oil into the engine when it tries to start... painful to see the blue cloud.
it runs ok once it's warm, as long as it gets a steady feeding of fresh oil
(don't ask how much :( we did make a 1200 mile trip, intact. i promise to
ride my bicycle more to make up for all the extra stuff we added to the
atmosphere though...

so... thoughts on what i should expect to hear when the mechanics look her
over tomorrow? piston rings? valve job? bigger or smaller job?

sigh

Peter Kraiker
http://studiofstop.com
'82 Westfalia 1.9TD 5spd