Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:57:30 -0500
Reply-To: cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Chuck Mathis <cmathis@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
Subject: Re: 2.2 legacy engine... oil levels...
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Mark,
Does your 2.2 have a shortened pan? If not the two holes are the
min/max marks for the oil level. If your pan has been shortened you'll
need to establish a new full mark - check the Small Car Performance
website (http://www.smallcar.com/vx.htm) for instructions.
After you put the quart in, did you check the level again after the
return trip? Immediately after running a while I would expect some oil
to be up inside the engine and could take some time to drain back
down. If you filled back up shortly after shutting the engine off you
likely have an extra quart in the engine. The Subie EJ22 has a lot of
distance between the top of the oil in a standard pan and the bottom of
the crank so this may not be a bad thing unless you do it several
times. Even with a shortened pan there is still quite a bit of space
between the crank and the oil.
If your engine is losing a quart of oil in a two hour drive you should
be seeing a lot of blue smoke or have an easy to find leak. A
frequently over looked source is the oil pump - the screws work loose
and the o-ring tends to harden and crack. Oil leaking from the pump
usually ends up inside the plastic belt covers. Problems with the
front and rear crank seals can also cause hidden leaks.
The Vanagon oil light will have basically the same function with the
Subie engine that it does with the VW engine - to alert you to low oil
pressure. The oil light and/or buzzer following a freeway dash is a
very common occurence with waterboxers. The usual suspected causes are
1) wrong weight oil, 2) incorrect filter and 3) worn main bearings.
Chuck
'85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo'
(Soon to be '95 EJ22 powered)
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:20:59 -0700
From: Mark C <obeechi@RUNBOX.COM>
Subject: 2.2 legacy engine... oil levels...
I have a 2.2 legacy engine... and sometimes a two hour drive seems to
resul=
t in having less oil than I thought I had... I have the shortened oil
pan..=
. and the confusing dip stick... with two holes and one hatch mark...
maybe=
I don't check my oil correctly... like if one side shows a higher
level an=
d the other side, which reading is more correct, and should your engine
be =
warm hot or cold... and ... I checked my oil Saturday, and it seemed
fine, =
or so I thought... then took a two hour freeway drive with a mixture of
hea=
vy traffic and high speed driving.. then hitting my brakes in city
traffic =
before making the round trip back causes the oil light to flash... so I
sto=
p, unload the rear and check the oil and I'm a quart low... like the
oil th=
at shows on the stick is on the tip of the tip of the dipstick, ... so
I ad=
ded a quart and splash... and oil level now is fine...=20
do those shortened pans ever lead to burned up engines... I'm going to
have=
to have someone check for an oil leak... and if one isn't found...
then wh=
at... >?
