where is it ? ! ? ! ?

[blue67]

in your first group of 4 pics the last one shows the over head view the hole for the dip tube should be straight behind the alt and just infront of the engine mount about an inch above the sump...if memory serves that is

[dwayne]

looking at the diagram and your pictures blue I would agree with peasent that you have the early integrated dipstick and it has been lost for some reason , if that is the case you could put an add in wanted section , never know someone may well have one sitting in a box somewhere .

good luck

[weldore]

that looks like the offending article...gimme a min ive just gone and took some photo's of my old lump..ill get em up

[weldore]

ok me camera is a bit pooh but here's mine...that on yours looks like the place
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..this one with the old dip tube shoved in...how it should be fitted

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..this one with nothing in it

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..this one with a bolt in the hole

[blue67]

GREAT!!!!!!
Thanx for all your help guys.

Just to clarify, do i need:

• to remove the bolt and fit a dip tube and later dipstick?
  
  
• or find an oil cap with integrated dipstick?
  
  
• or does it matter?

[peteabbott]

How much do you want for the hole WELDORE ? I havn,t got one of them. Seriously though I think its really good how folks on here rise to the occasion and help out, it restores your faith in human nature, in the VW world we live in anyway. I might still have a dip tube and stick but it is the short one where you will have to lift the engine cover to check oil level, if I can find in in my accumalated spares heap I will get back to you.

[weldore]

cant really help you out there m8,if you decide to put a diptube in the hole .that bolt might have a nut on the other end which would mean sump off but i honestly dont know..hope you sort it out though

[weldore]

How much do you want for the hole WELDORE ? I havn,t got one of them. Seriously though I think its really good how folks on here rise to the occasion and help out, it restores your faith in human nature, in the VW world we live in anyway. I might still have a dip tube and stick but it is the short one where you will have to lift the engine cover to check oil level, if I can find in in my accumalated spares heap I will get back to you.

...my hole is not for sale pete

[blue67]

How much do you want for the hole WELDORE ?

I am sure i have a bag of empty holes somewhere if your interested?

I havn,t got one of them. Seriously though I think its really good how folks on here rise to the occasion and help out, it restores your faith in human nature, in the VW world we live in anyway. I might still have a dip tube and stick but it is the short one where you will have to lift the engine cover to check oil level, if I can find in in my accumalated spares heap I will get back to you.

I have heard folk complain about "how the vw community isnt the same as it used to be" i think they are obviously looking in the wrong place! i have had my bug 10 years and loved every second of ownership, never been let down by a fellow enthusiast. I bought my van less than a month ago and was a little hesitant about the lack of support etc but have been well and truly proved wrong. Thanx to all who have helped so far, i am sure that i will have many more questions on the route to an MOT pass sheet.

And if anyone has a dip tube and stick knocking about there is one very gratefull member sat here in need one!

[blue67]

cant really help you out there m8,if you decide to put a diptube in the hole .that bolt might have a nut on the other end which would mean sump off but i honestly dont know..hope you sort it out though

Ahh good point well made, will get the socket on it tommorw to check!

sumpf of may not be a bad thing, clean it all out, is it a big job or just nuts/bolts and a new gasket?

[weldore]

i think it may be possible to get it off while under the van...but you might need an umbrella.
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mind you dont drop the nut into the crank when you try undo-ing it...but it may just be threaded in the lump..i dont really have a clue about that though as im a bit tick
i'd let you have my diptube but im gonna be using it ...good luck tho


just noticed ya just up the road from me

[peasant]

I'm not entirely sure...but i believe that there are two different sumps to go with the two different filler/dipstick setups.

Can anyone confirm?

[Alice]

I had the integrated oil filler pipe and dipstick on my 82 1.6d. When it cracked I couldn't get a new one for olve nor money and I tried everywhere.

After much, much help and advise from people on here I ended up replacing the filler pipe with one from ebay that fit but had no dipstick. I kept my old dipstick and fixed a big plastic disk round the top just below the handle/ loop. I then filled up with oil and marked on the dipstick where the oil reached when it was pushed into the filler tube as far as the disk would allow. I just kept the dipstick in a box in the boot.

Not perfect but it works and it would mean you'd just need to make a dipstick, and not have complicated sump changes to undertake.

[blue67]

Yep removed the bolt and as luck would have it there was no nut on the other side! BONUS

So looks like i will need the dip tube and stick

Once again thanx to everyone who replied