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<x-charset ISO-8859-1>I think it's a plug/slosh guard since the dipstick has level marks on it for MIN and MAX near its tip. Plus, with the length of the stick, it'd be too easy to bump it and mess up an oil level reading if that's what it was intended for. Y'all are making it too complicated...this is a dub! :) Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chip, Jamex suspension, 2.25" MagnaFlow exhaust Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >... > Isn't that the point of the stopper being there? To give you an >accurate measure of the oil level? Or does the dipstick bottom out on the >case, with the stopper actually just being a "plug" to keep oil from going >up the tube? ... ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>