First oil change

I did the first oil change and valve adustment on the Volkswagen bug tonight. Ran it for 15 minutes at 2,000 to 3,000 RPM. Drained the oil and pulled out the screen while it was still nice and hot. The oil had a few small metal shavings as to be expected for the first change.

Tools used for the oil change. 10 mm socket for the 6 plate nuts. 13/16 in. socket for the main oil plug. (I have a 19 mm socket, but that didn't quite fit)

While the oil was draining, I noticed that the plate had been painted. I think its from the engine heat and oil, but the new paint was starting to flake off in little peices. Not liking this, I used a scraper and some 200 grit sand paper and removed all of the new paint from the inside surface of the plate before I put it back together.

Before adding the new oil I adjusted the rockers tippets to .006 in. They where all real close, but I tweeked them to have a better fit. (My buddy Mike reminded me to do this while the engine is cold, even the slightest bit of warmth may alter the valve clearances.)

Tools used for the valve adustment. Regular screw driver to pop the valve cover holder and for the tippet adjustment. 13 mm box wrench for the retaining nuts. 13/16 in. socket for the generator pully nut to turn over the motor so the appropriate cylinder was at TDC when adusting the valves. I made sure to clean out any oil, shavings or other gunk from the heads while I did my adjustments.

With everything back together I added 2.5 quarts of 10w-40 oil. Ran it for about a minute, checked and added another .25 of a quart. All together I put in 2.75 quarts of oil. No leaks yet ...

Notes: Need to pull the distrubitor cap off to tell which cylinder is at TDC and firing. Also, don't leave your tools under the rear of your air cooled VW when getting the engine warmed up! The cooling air blows out the bottom, everything gets toasty.