My little beastie is sick

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

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----- Original Message -----
From: <cwass99@rogers.com>
To: "Rick Alexander" <rick@brubakerbox.com>
Cc: <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: My little beastie is sick


> 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
> > http://www.brubakerbox.com
> > http://clubs.hemmings.com/hams/
> > http://clubs.hemmings.com/vwsrus/
> >
> > ----- 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
>
> If you can read this line, you're probably not illiterate.
>
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