1y dipstick issues.

[kit]

So what do you do about the dipstick, the one off the Golf is too short to reach the oil and the tube looks to be too big for the old one, what did everyone else do? confused of Southampton

[ninja.turtle007]

Copied from the yard

Dipstick. The original dipstick of your upgraded engine is now useless due to the angle that you have now put your engine. The way around this is to fit your old dipstick from your original Diesel T3 engine. The dipstick will fit straight in with no machining necessary, all that should be needed is a fresh O ring seal. You will now find that if you try to use the dipstick to set your oil level that it will take over 5 litres of oil to achieve the maximum level, this is too much and your engine will smoke, the way around this is to fit a new oil filter, fill the engine with 4.5 litres of oil and run the engine, turn it off and read the level of oil on the dipstick. This level is now your maximum mark so use a sharp chisel (carefully!) or a punch and make a new mark for your new engine oil level.

[kit]

Thanks for that, it does look a bit thicker though.