My little beastie is sick

[cwass99@rogers.com (cwass99@rogers.com)]

Thanks to everyone for your help :)  Oil cooler never occured to me because the
last time I dealt with one was in the early '80s in a Dodge and it looked a lot
like a small radiator.
     I couldn't find it in the Haynes, but no matter.  I'll pop out to Canadian
Tire (whoever suggested FLAPS, I have no idea what that is, but I'm guessing
it's a US equivalent) and get a replacement seal.  It's real obvious that the
leak is the upper seal on that puppy.  It was, until recently, fairly clean
there and the fresh oil is pretty obvious.
     I guess 215 000 km is about the upper limit on that part :)  Doesn't look
real tough to deal with.
     Again, thanks for everyone, I guess that's why this list is as cool as I
think it is.

Cheers,
Colin


On 23-Mar-2002 Rick Alexander wrote:
> That little "square bit" is your oil cooler. Sounds strange but look under
> cooling system in your Haynes and you probably will find it.
> 
> The sensors on top are screwed into the housing that the cooler is attached
> to. You shouldn't have to fool with them at all.
> 
> The cooler is held on by a nut on the threaded shaft that holds the filter.
> Look up under the filter when it is off and all will become apparent.
> 
> Rick Alexander
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <cwass99@rogers.com>
> To: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 11:00 PM
> Subject: My little beastie is sick
> 
> 
>>
>> Hi All,
>>      Started my 87 8v up this morning and it puked all over the driveway.
> It
>> (fortunately) maintained enough oil in the system to get it into the
> garage,
>> the rest is now a really neat stain in the snow (no I hadn't shovelled my
>> driveway - it was about -20 last night).  I only ran it about 1 minute and
> it's
>> still leaking oil several hours later, so I'm confident nothing was hurt
> inside.
>>      Anyhow, the leak seems to be the square block-like bit the oil filter
>> screws into from the bottom and the pressure senders screw into in the top
> (or
>> maybe one of them is the temp sensor for the MFA?).  Unfortunately, my
> Bentley
>> is on back-order so I have to ask.  What is the name of this square bit
> and how
>> hard is it to change the (presumed) leaking seal at the top?  Does this
> thing
>> just unscrew like the filter?  Is my problem actually going to be the two
>> little sensors on top?  Unfortunately my (soon to be fire starting
> material)
>> Haynes is completely silent on this topic.  The archives only had
> discussions
>> about this area on 16v engines that I could find.
>>      I really appreciate any help you can provide.  I'm really not
> enjoying
>> driving about in a mini-van.  Just doesn't corner the same.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Colin
>>
>>
>>
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Cheers,
Colin

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