Re: Re:Dist leak

["Wayne Cressman" <WCressman@csi.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>There's no real fix for a distributor leak, they all go that way.  If it's
minor, which your's is not, you can clean it periodically with carburettor
cleaner.  If it's major you need a new distributor.

Wayne C.

-----Original Message-----
From: Captnbr@aol.com <Captnbr@aol.com>
To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 10:08 PM
Subject: Re:Dist leak


>
>In a message dated 12/9/99 8:00:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>connerj@columbus.rr.com writes:
>
><< My 16V Rocco is leaking badly through the distributor.  I have seen two
> other 16V's leak the same way.  Any know how to fix this problem?  My
> one friend simply bought another dist.  Part no.'s if possible of the
> stuff  i need.  I am losing about a quart every two weeks. >>
>
>My distributor is leaking too.  It has leaked for four years now.
Eventually
>I will get it fixed when I have the cash for a new distributor.  But you
say
>you lose a quart every two weeks?  This seems like an awful lot of oil to
be
>leaking just from the dist.  YOu may have another problem like burning oil
or
>something. I lose a half a quart of oil every 6 months and my pan gasket is
>leaking too
>
>Brian 86 16v
>http://hometown.aol.com/captnbr/myhomepage/auto.html
>
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