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Subject:Re: Oil warning light?
From:David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Date:Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:59:18 -0400

At 02:30 PM 3/30/2009, Roland wrote:
>I think the solution is to always keep the oil level slightly underfilled.
>I have noticed that when I keep the oil level of the lower side of the
>acceptable range this doesn't happen very much.

The accumulated wisdom of the list is that *particularly* for the
2.1l, halfway should be taken as full, and the actual full mark as
never ever ever exceed ever.  And yes, the reason is foaming.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"

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