Re: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.

["Aaron D. Patton" <apatton1@airmail.net>]

Unless the car had WAY too much oil in it when it was stored this would not
happen.
My advice is to check and see where the "oil" is coming from.  Engine oil,
tranny gear lube, pwr steering fluid?  Find that out and go from there.

Aaron
'79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
'93 Corrado SLC

----- Original Message -----
From: Cox, Wiley <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>
To: 'Chris' <bodenlos@ucsub.Colorado.EDU>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:01 PM
Subject: RE: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.


> How about, it got REAL cold, and the gasket on the oil pan
>shrank enough to allow the oil out, and then it heated back up enough to
>seal the gap again?  Always check the simplest (cheapest) possible
>problems first.
>
>-WileyC
>1984 Red 8v
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris [SMTP:bodenlos@ucsub.Colorado.EDU]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:51 PM
>> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.
>>
>> My 16v is covered and parked in my roomate's driveway in Colorado
>> while I'm home for Christmas. On the phone, she mentioned that my car
>> had
>> leaked a *lot* of oil on her driveway, and then stopped leaking. My
>> car
>> doesn't leak oil, so I'm assuming the worst. It got extremely cold
>> after I
>> left, and nobody has been driving it. I can't think of too many things
>> that would cause all of my oil to leak out except possibly a cracked
>> block, or broken freeze bolts. Any ideas?
>> If it is the block, what's involved in replacing it with a 16v
>> 2.0 block? I think this may have been discussed recently, but..
>>
>> Chris Bodenlos
>>
>>
>>
>>
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