[tcb] Re: oil leak
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 18:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
Brian , you better shim that thing up before you get
to Hawaii. Seriously though.I had a leak around my dip
stick and couldn't figure it out . The aluminum part
that bolts on to the front of the case and you put
the dip stick in to had cracked. I always thought it
was one piece but it 's not.
--- Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Personal question!
> --- wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:
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> > Is your dipstick snug?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tue, 6 May 2008 5:06 pm
> > Subject: [tcb] oil leak
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> > ok, i have an oil leak. (who doesn't in a vw?) I
> > have checked and replaced vavle cover gaskets, re
> > torqued the oil pressure switch, checked the top
> of
> > the case in the area of the oil cooler (nothing)
> > checked all push rod tubes (nothing) checked the
> > down vent peice of tin (dry). it seems as though
> it
> > is a pressure leak...when it sits it drips 2 or 3
> > drops imediately after parking it then it leaks no
> > more. as far as where the oil is on the motor.
> there
> > is some on the dipstick, yet the back of the drive
> > pully is clean, it seems as though it is focused
> in
> > the engine compartment primarily on the right side
> > around teh dipstick area near the pully, i would
> > think it is crank case pressure but as i said the
> > pulley is clean. as far as under teh bus it is on
> > the back side #2 and #4 exhaust push rod tubes and
> > on the sump plate.
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> > the full flow hoses aren't leaking i checked those
> > too.
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> > here is what i have done differently since before
> > the fire when it didn't leak:
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> > alternator with the special fancy alternator mount
> > and one of those empi filler necks with two hoses
> on
> > it one goes to the carb and the other is capped
> off.
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> > bigger carbeurator
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> > new full flow hoses (which i have triple checked
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> > are clean)
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> > should i put back on the factory filler neck
> thingy
> > and see if that solves it?
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> > it doesn't leak when it sits but the back end is
> > covered in oil
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> > Get Free (PRODUCT) REDâ?¢ Emoticons, Winks and
> > Display Pics. Check it out!=
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