[Vwdiesel] dipstick coming up

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

LMAO ! ! ! !
Gawd, I laughed when I read
this....(thanks)......ahhaahahahahahahahahaaahahahhahaa
Mike in NB

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Christian" <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
To: <LBaird119 at aol.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] dipstick coming up


> The real test is when you punch it, does the dipstick shoot through
> the hood and impale someone in a car 1 mile down the road ahead of you?
>
> Seriously, on a couple of cars, I've had loose dipsticks.  They were
> friction fit, and the dipstick was a semi-circular wire, which was
> bent in a loop for the handle, and double think where it fit into the
> crankcase.  A washer type thing, with felt-like stuff apparently
> "sealed" thing from incoming water and dust.
>
> To get a tighter fit, I jambed a 3/16" screwdriver into the mateing of
> the two wires, below the washer/dust protector assembly, and pinched
> the wires together with two vice-grip pliers.  This caused a bow which
> gave suitable friction fit.
>
> My recollection is this was the kid of dipstick on 77-80 VW diesels.
>
> New VW diesel game...mount a 2" pipe from oil filler cap, through the
> hood of the car, with a 90 degree bend to the front of the car.  Prior
> to driving, insert a firm, uncooked potato.  When some rude gas guzzling
> SUV passes you and makes digital gestures expressing his inconvenience
> that you're driving a sensible, ecological vehicle, you have an option.
> Simply punch it, with your slightly-greater-than-average-blowby 500,000 mi
> on the odometer VW bunny, and watch as the potato launches, and takes
> out his rear window, splattering raw slightly green stuff over the
> interior of his sporty living room on wheels.
>
> Val
>
>
> >
> > Anyways, I notice that every time I run it and pop the hood later, the
oil
> > dipstick is up 2"........
> > I presume I have excessive crankcase pressure of some kind ??
> >
> >
> >   Maybe but not necessarily.  Dad's pu tends to do this (only 1/4 to 1/2
> > inch) and it's fairly new and with Total Seal rings.  Vibration is the
> > other factor and what I suspect with the pu.
> >      Loren
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