

| Subject: | Re: Oil Checking My '86 Vanagon, the answer! |
| From: | David Dustan |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Jun 1998 05:26:16 -0700 |
Hmmm, interesting, Frank! I did not realize the differnce between the notches was so little! But you know? When I poured a beer in the oil pipe it didn't bring the level any?? The froth overfilled my engine. Time to drain again!! ;> David >As a rule of thumb, you need half quart (pint) to fill up from the lower >notch to the top notch of the measure stick. The difference between the >US quart and the slightly larger UK quart is too small to make any >difference. >If you buy a one pint pewter tankard in the UK and ask for a draught >beer in the US, you get one US pint of beer and a half inch of froth in >the 'larger' tankard.
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