Re: She's bleeding! [Oil Leaks]

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 23:18 12/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
>I need some assistance...
>
>My 84 wolfsburg is sitting 30 mins away in my parent's garage on ramps.
>Sometime withing the last week i sprouted an oil leak! I fear it is the
>result of this cold weather and starting to drive too soon or fast.
>
>There seems to have been oil sprayed along the front lower area of the
>block, from the distributor, down. There were some drops on the cap,
>radiator shroud, AC lines, and all over my shift linkage and rad. hoses.
>Iv'e done a lot of wiping and made sure all of my pan bolts are snug.
>
>The oil is most definately NOT running down from the head gasket. I had
>that resurfaced and it's bone dry.
>
>I have one of these sandwich oil coolers that passes the antifreeze
>through it. There is no aparent leakage at the oil filter connection to
>the cooler, or the cooler to the rest of the hookup. However, behind the
>sandwich look to be two allen socket cap bolts which I suspect are
>insufficiently tightened and somehow there is a leak ?? Either that or the
>hidden part of the whole cooler connection which faces the block.
>
>I really can't think of where else it would be coming from? Has anyone
>experienced this and can lend me some tips? Any tips as to how to remove
>the oil cooler? I don't recall there being anything in the Bentley or my
>chiltons on this.
>
>I hope to tear into it tomorow morning (Saturday)... again, i appreciate
>any tips.
>
>~C
>
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>     Christopher Mende             ICEMT         O: 515-294-6738 

When something like this happened to me, I found it was the oil pressure
switch on top of the filter mount that was leaking like a pig! New switch -
all fixed...

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco (Katy's car now)
'58 Ghia Convert
'75 Bug
'67 Bug
'63 Bug (*still* for sale)
'91 Vanagon


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