I'm putting a jetta 1.6TD in my westy. The dipstick and tube from the jetta are way to short to check from behind the licence plate. Can I drill a hole in the oil filler cap and insert a long dipstick from the scrapyard or is there some sort of internal tube to guide it down the pipe?
johann
Dipstick add-on
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Dipstick add-on
83.5 Westy 1.6 TD
93 1.9TD engine in the shed
93 1.9TD engine in the shed
Thanks VanagonExpress.
So it's really just a hole with a seal for the dipstick?
Maybe a larger hole with a sized rubber grommet would do the trick. Certainly easier than trying to source the right size tube and bending it to fit.
Does the hole in the cap setup use the straight oil filler tube or the one with the gooseneck just before it bolts to the sump?
Johann
So it's really just a hole with a seal for the dipstick?
Maybe a larger hole with a sized rubber grommet would do the trick. Certainly easier than trying to source the right size tube and bending it to fit.
Does the hole in the cap setup use the straight oil filler tube or the one with the gooseneck just before it bolts to the sump?
Johann
83.5 Westy 1.6 TD
93 1.9TD engine in the shed
93 1.9TD engine in the shed
The '83+ factory dipstick and tube is still available from VW. It's relatively inexpensive (as far as factory parts go). It routes a bendable dipstick up and over to enter the block in the standard Jetta/Golf hole in the block. It is more accurate due to it's central location in the pan. It is much less prone to leakage from blowby especially on hills when the oil moves into the filler tube and gets blasted out the dipstick hole on the '82 style. It's a no-brainer IMO.
Andrew
Andrew
I placed a hose clamp near the end of the tube at the appropriate location, then a washer whose ID was close to the metal tubes OD, then I placed a couple of o-rings that were the right ID to fit on the tube and the right OD to fit in the hole in the block. On the end that was near the license plate I used an L-shaped piece of metal with a hole in it. The hole side got bolted to the engine and the other part went parallel to the tubing and got a hose clamp around the tube to hold the tube in place. Complicated to explain. Fairly simple to do.
Andrew
Andrew