You might also make sure you don't have too much oil in it. -----Original Message----- From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:32 AM Subject: [tcb] Re: Apologies to Brian one question on the sand seal...if i do the sand seal and it is infact crank case pressure what will happen if the pressure has no where to vent? i am going to clean my oil bath tonight and drive it tomorrow and see if that fixes it. thing thing about it is it doesn't do it in town, only when i get on the highway and go 50 or above. >From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [tcb] Re: Apologies to Brian >Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:11:21 -0600 > >My crack was at the top of the engine. Do the sand seal if the hose doesn't >>fix it >. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning" >><i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 10:48 AM >Subject: [tcb] Re: Apologies to Brian > > >>I apologize too denis. I should of just ignored it and went on but i made >>a >>bad decision >> >>still friends? >> >> >> >>cracked case...god i hope that's not the problem. was it around the pulley >>>>area? guess i need to pull that off and check for safe measure. could you >>>>visibly see the crack? >> >> >>>From: "Denis" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> >>>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Subject: [tcb] Apologies to Brian >>>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:34:53 -0600 >>> >>>Brian, I did not mean to insult you or hurt your feelings. I don't think >>>>>>that you are stupid, or anything like that. I guess what I was trying to >>>>>>say was illustrated by your statement that you "Drive the bus until it >>>>>>breaks and then fix it".( I am sorry if that is not exactly what you >>>>>>said, I lost the original e-mail ) I would rather go through my bus, stem >>>>>>to stern before I would put it on the road, brakes, suspension, >>>>>>electrical, etc. The bus is going to break, no matter what any of us do, >>>>>>but a complete work up on a new bus, front to back, would give you a >>>>>>safer, more reliable vehicle. and certainly reduce surprises. >>> >>>I repeat; the bus is going to break, no matter what. Last night I >>>>>>completed replacing the gaskets on my tranny leak and when I was all >>>>>>done... the other side started leaking just as badly. Why? Who the #%!*^ >>>>>>knows! It's a VW! >>> >>>About your oil leak, When my first engine, for which I had paid $2,200 >>>>>>(the last major repair I have ever, or will ever paid for) threw a rod, >>>>>>it made a tiny crack at the top of my case, right at the rear edge of the >>>>>>fan shroud. It caused a fine oil mist to completely fill the entire >>>>>>engine compartment. It drove me nuts before I found it and fixed it. >>>>>>Anyway, some people had the same theory that the leak was at the crank >>>>>>pulley and so I installed a sand seal. It did not work in my instance, >>>>>>but it might in yours, if that is where your oil leak is. It is an easy >>>>>>install. >>> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Want a degree but can't afford to quit? Top school degrees online - in as >>>>fast as 1 year >>>>http://forms.nextag.com/goto.jsp?url=/serv/main/buyer/education.jsp?doSearch=n&tm=y&search=education_text_links_88_h288c&s=4079&p=5116 >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/697 - Release Date: 2/22/2007 >>>>11:55 AM >> >> > > _________________________________________________________________ Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more….then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag1&FORM=MGAC01 ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.