My little beastie is sick

[brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu (Brian McGarvey)]

there is another option that you may not be considering.
having just had myself and CHeapass Ron go thru this.
it could be the pressure regulator in your oil pump. meaning a new oil
pump.
brian

On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 cwass99@rogers.com wrote:

> 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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