Have you started the engine yet?  It's normal for a fresh fill to be just over the high mark - start the engine, let it warm up, then shut it down and measure it again.  It'll be lower.  (This is the procedure every oil change place I've dealt with uses.)

Oil measurements should be done on a engine that has just been turned off.

James
Ottawa, ON

> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:18:08 -0700
> From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Oil overfill -- now what?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> 1.9L engine, with 10centlife oil cooler addon which has Bosch 3300 size
> oil filter.
> 
> So my notes are to add 4 liters of 15-50W oil after draining the winter
> oil and changing the filter. But my notes are not always entirely accurate.
> 
> After putting in the 4 liters, the oil is just below the bottom notch on
> the dipstick. I checked this a few times, made sure the dipstick was
> fully-seated, and waited a bit to make sure that all the oil had settled
> in the pan.
> 
> Stood around, decided to add 1/2L additional oil. Now it's above the
> upper notch. Darn.
> 
> 1/2 liter of additional sure brought up the oil level quickly. What's
> the range between the lower notch and the upper?
> 
> How do I get the excess out? I could try a three-handed unscrew the
> drain bolt, quickly swap in a new crush washer, then insert the bolt
> into the hole real fast . . . but I'm a bit clumsy at those sorts of
> things.
> 
> But my guess is that this is pretty much my option at this point.
> 
> 
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.