Ok hoping someone can help, I've built a pb 8v in my race car, the engines std spec, has a heavily baffled sump,16 row oil cooler and mocal sandwich plate, it has the water cooled vw oil cooler removed, it runs a std genuine vw oil filter. My problem is when I empty the oil, change filter and drain oil cooler I seem to only be able to get 3.3 litres of oil in before it shows full on the stick, I've left it to stand and dipped it too. I didn't know wether to just put the 4.3 recc amount in and sod the dipstick or fill it to the level . Any suggestions welcome.
Is the orange plastic dipstick guide tube present, and unbroken, at the top of the metal pipe? This bit: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-GOLF-J...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27edd0c9d2
Yep absolutely , it's had a new one from heritage, I did wonder about getting a new dipstick, just for reference. Any chance someone could accurately measure a dipstick for me ?
I measure 390mm from the surface that sits on top of the guide tube to the max mark at the top of the hatched area. Pics in a bit.
Yes, I have run a similar PB set up and as with all home oil changes I place the car on front ramps to drain the maximum possible. My set up was in a Mk1 GTI with the standard oil / air cooler, I recall oil and filter changes being ~ 4.0 litres.
Yep I have 390 too, just checked the orange guide at the top of the tube, the one currently fitted is 70mm.
yep I thought 4 litres would be right, just worried me on the stick, is it necessary to empty the oil cooler as such or just get it stinking hot and raise the front to a good level ?. I'm worried as I'm going to donnington next week for a bit of a shakedown and didn't want to risk a blow up first time out with only 3.2 in.
The optimum oil level is at minimum I was told but never did try it ! Not really sure what you should do apart from maintain the correct dipstick level ... Probably a `quirk` of the installation and size of oil cooler preventing a full drain ... ? A previous Mk2 9A I ran ... with a 13 row air / oil cooler in place of the water jacket cooler, usual dipstick level and 4.0 litre changes.
