[tcb] Re: oil leak
- From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 21:24:05 -0500
that was the only oil leak on my 77 the friggin dipstick...
i guess that what i get one dipstick trying to fix another
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 18:40:58 -0700From: bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[tcb] Re: oil leakTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx have never heard of so many dipsticks
having problems. Uh, maybe I should rephrase that "I have never heard of so
many bus drivers having dipstick problems."singlecabboy
<sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Brian , you better shim that thing up before you getto Hawaii. Seriously
though.I had a leak around my dipstick and couldn't figure it out . The
aluminum partthat bolts on to the front of the case and you putthe dip stick in
to had cracked. I always thought itwas one piece but it 's not.--- Neil wrote:>
Personal question!> --- wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:> > > > > Is your dipstick snug?>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message-----> > From: Brian Denning
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tue, 6 May 2008 5:06 pm> > Subject: [tcb]
oil leak> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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.> > > > Â > > > > the full flow hoses aren't leaking i checked those> >
too.> > > > Â > > > > here is what i have done differently since before> > the
fire when it didn't leak:> > > > Â > > > > 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.> > > > Â > > > > bigger
carbeurator> > > > Â > > > > new full flow hoses (which i have triple checked>
and> > are clean)> > > > Â > > > > should i put back on the factory filler
neck> thingy> > and see if that solves it?> > > > Â > > > > it doesn't leak
when it sits but the back end is> > covered in oil> > > > > > > > Get Free
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> > > > > > > > >
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