too messy and a lot of trouble..
and something that he already attempted to do in the first place.

just sneak a little out as I suggested via the oil fitler..
and develope a consistent level checking method taking external cooler
and lines into account.

On 6/25/2015 11:54 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Mr. Squirrel, you could drain the oil completely, then refill properly using the oil you drained from the beast.  mcneely
>
> ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 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.
> --
> David McNeely
>