Re: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.

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

I would think that the fit between the bolt and the drain hole would be too
tight to drain a large amount out.  Unless you are talking about a time
period measured in years.  I have had to go without having a washer on that
bolt at all for a short period of time, a couple of days, and no oil leaked
out.

Aaron
'79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
'93 Corrado SLC
----- Original Message -----
From: Cox, Wiley <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>
To: 'Aaron D. Patton' <apatton1@airmail.net>; Cox, Wiley
<Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>; 'Chris' <bodenlos@ucsub.Colorado.EDU>;
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: RE: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.


> Okay, how about... The oil pan drain bolt isn't screwed in
>tight, and when THAT seal shrank, it leaked out?  Since that bolt is
>supposed to be the lowest point in the pan...
>
>-WileyC
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Aaron D. Patton [SMTP:apatton1@airmail.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 3:11 PM
>> To: Cox, Wiley; 'Chris'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>> Subject: Re: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.
>>
>> 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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