oil leak

[jdbubb at ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I've had this same o-ring fail on my 16V with AC. (and also my nephew's 8V)
If you remove the nut holding the oil cooler in place and then remove the threaded tube that runs
through the center of the cooler you can lower the cooler enough to get the parts of the old cracked
o-ring out and install the new o-ring.
It's a 30 minute job in 15 deg weather, with the engine compartment soaked with oil even while
you're waiting for your nephew to show up with some paper towels so you can get a grip on anything.
A good long car wash blow off of the engine is recommended so the coolant hoses don't get soft from
all the oil on them.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
To: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: oil leak


No, no, Cathy...stock (16v).
And, yes, that was it, just as you described.(only I had ONE nut, on the threaded pipe)
But the AC lines were blocking access to the coolant fittings (on the "box shaped thing") , and the
easiest way to pull those fittings was to remove the compressor...
Removing all the ancillary stuff allowed me to inspect and clean things while I was in there and
already dirty.
How did you get to the coolant lines?  Do you not have AC?

Larry
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: C Boyko
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
  Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 7:49 PM
  Subject: Re: oil leak


  Then what the hell was the O ring I replaced? I didn't pull all that stuff
  off, just the filter and the box shaped thing above it, some threaded rod
  and a few nuts to get it off. Yours has a fancy aftermarket one I take it?
  Mine was a pretty easy fix.
  Cathy


  >From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
  >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>,<scas660@netzero.com>
  >Subject: Re: oil leak
  >Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 08:01:42 -0800
  >
  >Interesting.  My 16v finally broke the oil cooler-to-block adapter O-ring
  >on Tuesday. (It had been leaking for a month)
  >  Large puddle in my drive and a tell-tale oil trail going about 1/2 mile
  >to where the oil pressure light started blinking and the buzzer sounded
  >off, telling me to check my oil pressure gage which said 'zero'.  (gage was
  >reading normal when I pulled out of the driveway)
  >Uh-oh.
  >
  >Make u-ey, coast home ( 90%downhill ), replace O-ring. Replace oil and
  >coolant. All is well.
  >Note: To remove the oil cooler you have to first:
  >remove alternator
  >remove AC compressor
  >remove PS pump pulley
  >(did I already go through this scenario here?)
  >remove coolant lines
  >
  >The old O-ring was hard-like-plastic.  No wonder it let go.
  >
  >You should have received warning of low oil before significant damage
  >occured.  But you didn't, and a "clanking" noise sounds terminal.  Wish
  >there were better news....
  >  (The "good" news: only took one hour to remove all the junk and 1.5 hours
  >to replace.)
  >Advice to others who go through this: have new belts handy if the old ones
  >are even close to needing replacing.
  >
  >Larry
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: scas660@netzero.com
  >   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
  >   Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:09 AM
  >   Subject: oil leak
  >
  >
  >
  >   Please help
  >
  >   My 86 scirocco (16V) has been running great until yesterday when I
  >started it up and heard some fairly loud clanking noises. I looked under
  >the hood and the noise was obvioulsy coming from the head area ("oh crap I
  >think I blew my valves" was may first thought) then I looked under the car
  >and saw a small puddle of oil and oil that spattered all around the oil
  >filter area. Next I checked out the dip stick and hardly any oil was on it
  >at all. Anybody know what this is all about? Is the oil cooler near that
  >area and might that be the problem? I don't think I drove it in this
  >condition long - I only noticed the sound yesterday - could there be severe
  >damage? In NY there's snow around and its cold (I don't have a garage nor
  >do I want to bring it to a shop if I don't have to)
  >
  >   Thanks for any help - Steve
  >
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