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On 16 Apr 2002, at 12:08, Greg Merritt wrote: > Not sure what you call it, so I've named it the "dipstick stopper" > -- that plastic cylinder that's mounted on the spring-loaded Type III > dipstick so that it bottoms out on the filler tube for an accurate oil > measurement. It doesn't matter where it sits. I think the usual place was 4-6" above the end. Early cars even had 2. Their only function is to prevent the rod from rattling sideways. The accuracy is assured by the spring in the handle that forces the tip against the bottom so that the measurement is always made in terms of the distance from the bottom up. This is the only car I know where you don't have to completely insert the dipstick to assure a correct reading. You just have to push it in far enough that you can feel that the spring loaded rod has made contact with the bottom. I HAVE fixed bent dipsticks where the rod had gotten bent and no longer moved. Such dipsticks usually fooled their owners into overfilling the oil. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/