I don't mean to be dumb but the part I got had no VW logo, I guess it's just
OEM. By open end, do you mean the end with the two little cuts on the edge?

Also, do you stick the cap with glue? If so, next time it needs a
replacement, I'll have to replace the whole dispstick, won't I?

Thanks,

JP

"JPF" <frickjp@zzzzzzzzzzzz.net> escribió en el mensaje
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> They're all the same size. Put it on. If they changed the length,
> every dipstick would have to be replaced with the tube. Make sense?
> There is a right and wrong way to install it. The open end goes up,
> the end with thw VW logo goes down.
>
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 22:01:56 +0100, "JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I've just learned the plastic guide tube at the top could be replaced.
Now
> >the replacement I got is different from the original one, and as the
bottom
> >part had come to pieces, I have no way of checking the length sticks to
> >original size. I'm worried I may damage either the engine or the
catalitic
> >convertor if I don't get the level right.
> >
> >JP
>

 

Easier said than done! I don't happen to know anyone around who can match
that "dipstick"

Seriously, though, I've been to the stealer today, and they said they'd
never heard of any different caps than the one I'd got at a parts store, and
that they'd have to look into the matter as that part was not in their Etka
list. I was instructed to go there tomorrow morning as they'd have a full
dipstick set to compare with. Ain't it funny how such a stupid thing can
make you waste so much time? That's part of the
VW-Audi-Seat-Skoda-you-name-it business. They've got so much they can't cope
with it!

JP


"C.R. Krieger" <warp2_shadow@yahoo.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> "JP Roberts" <1234@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > I've just learned the plastic guide tube at the top could be replaced.
Now
> > the replacement I got is different from the original one, and as the
bottom
> > part had come to pieces, I have no way of checking the length sticks to
> > original size. I'm worried I may damage either the engine or the
catalitic
> > convertor if I don't get the level right.
>
> So *borrow* a dipstick from someone with the same engine as yours and
> put yours together!
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> (A lawyer, not a doctor - don't even play one on TV)