oil dip stick level

[sco3y]

i think your right modulator. will it make any diffrrence if the oil filter is a non vw origanal. cos thats whats fitted an aftermarket cheepo. i know i know i should have got an origanal one.

[modulater]

I always find it better to fit an original VW filter as they have a pressure relief valve in them that some of the cheaper after market ones don't have.

[sco3y]

thanks for your help. i need some more advice now on shocks but i will stick it in a seperate thred.

[Gambit]

i bet your missing the little orange plastic cap that sits on top of the actual dipstick tube

[sco3y]

naaa. ive got that and a new one spare. i thought it was that in the first place, (not fitted correctly) but it was ok.  

[Dragon6]

Isnt the 1.8 engine  3.5 litres with a filter change as well?

[turbo]

no thats just wothout filter change..........
with filter change is 4 litres
without filterchange its 3.5.....

[JMallows]

I have a 1.3 golf 1988, with a filter change it takes 3.5 litres, without its about 3.2. Whenever i do it, i put in 3.5 litres, and the level is fine. When you say you put in 4 litres, is this because you have a GTI, or because you have your figures slightly wrong?

[KKK]

Max on my '88 digi is 3.8 litres.  4 litres puts it another quarter above the max mark.