Re: engine oil leak advice

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

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My 1.50$ (inflation ya know)


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>I agree with Brett.
>Also look into the valve cover gasket being the cause for most oil leaks.

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I agree with this. Valve cover gaskets and oil pressure sending units


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>FWIW, in my professional; opinion, ive never seen a head gasket leak oil
>or coolant (for the matter) externally on a head. if they leak, they
>typically leak into the oil passages, water jackets, the cylinders or a
>combination of the 3.

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This would be a dangerously incorrect assumption. I have seen quite a few 
leak oil AND coolant from the heeadgasket externally. In the corner, in the 
middle, wherever.


This is all of course IME. But as the others say dont go jumping to your 
headgasket being the culprit with out cleaning it and checking it out 
thoroughly before you do a headgasket.

HTH!

Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'82 GLI (with a severely mangled trunk lock thanks to the fucking thieves!)
'80 'Vert
'61 17 Window
'78 Scirocco


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