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Any novel ways of diagnosing oil leaks?
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That's definitely the preferred method of doing it, but one of the few local places that does it charges $120 a pop! I already have to do the cabby because it's such a disgusting sespool.
I guess the piece of mind would be worth it???
The Hitman <vwscir88@hotmail.com> wrote:nothing that high tech, but what i do is steam clean the area real well then
start the motor up and see where the drips start to come from.
So Sayeth The Hitman
'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco
'91 passat gl "the green hell"
>From: Jeff Toomasson
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Any novel ways of diagnosing oil leaks?
>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:19:32 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>I was just curious if modern science has come up with a way for
>facilitating oil leak identification.
>
>I've had this annoying little leak ever since I put the 9A in and I figured
>I might as well fix it when I have the engine out to transfer it to the
>cabby. But last time I looked I couldn't pinpoint it. My first guesses are
>the oil filter mount area or the oil pan.
>
>Is there anything that can be dropped in the oil to make it fluoresce? I
>have access to a high wattage UV lamp...
>
>Anything?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>Jeff
>
>
>
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<P>That's definitely the preferred method of doing it, but one of the few local places that does it charges $120 a pop! I already have to do the cabby because it's such a disgusting sespool.
<P>I guess the piece of mind would be worth it???
<P> <B><I>The Hitman <vwscir88@hotmail.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">nothing that high tech, but what i do is steam clean the area real well then <BR>start the motor up and see where the drips start to come from.<BR><BR><BR><BR>So Sayeth The Hitman<BR>'88 "stripe" 16v scirocco<BR>'91 passat gl "the green hell"<BR><HTTP: brettsgarage www.techography.net:82><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>>From: Jeff Toomasson <JTOOMASSON@YAHOO.COM><BR>>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>>Subject: Any novel ways of diagnosing oil leaks?<BR>>Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:19:32 -0800 (PST)<BR>><BR>><BR>>I was just curious if modern science has come up with a way for <BR>>facilitating oil leak identification.<BR>><BR>>I've had this annoying little leak ever since I put the 9A in and I figured <BR>>I might as well fix it when I have the engine out to transfer it to the <BR>>cabby. But last time I looked I couldn't pinpoint it. My first guesses are <BR>>the oil filter mount area or the oil pan.<BR>><BR>>Is there anything that can be dropped in the oil to make it fluoresce? I <BR>>have access to a high wattage UV lamp...<BR>><BR>>Anything?<BR>><BR>>Thanks in advance!<BR>><BR>>Jeff<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>---------------------------------<BR>>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months <BR>http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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