oil cooler O-ring

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

That wont work because the pipe is a lot longer on the model with the oil
cooler than the MKI pipe (no oil cooler). Your filer will never reach the
flange as the pipe is only partially threaded along its length.


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->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of 
->SailingFC@aol.com
->Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 12:25 PM
->To: sad_rocc@yahoo.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
->Subject: Re: oil cooler O-ring
->
->Don't know your exact setup, but what about leaving the 
->cooler off completely and just spinning on a new filter?  
->Then drive it until you can get a new O-ring.
->GL.
->
->-Dick-
->78 Scirocco
->Original Owner
->http://members.aol.com/sailingfc/
->
->
->In a message dated 3/13/04 3:56:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
->sad_rocc@yahoo.com writes:
->It's not a fix and forget solution, but if you need the car, 
->go for it. I haven't tried it myself, but have heard from 
->many people about this quick fix. 
->Others with actual experience in this will undoubtably chime in.
->
->Dan
->
->Wolfsbrg8v@aol.com wrote:
->
->
->The rocco sprang a tremendous oil leak yesterday -- luckily I 
->had extra oil and was able to limp home by adding a quart 
->every few blocks. Left a 3" wide oil slick down the highway.
->
->Figuring it was the oil cooler seal, I removed the cooler and 
->sure enough, a nice, fatal split in the O-ring.
->
->(Thanks to Patrick for his tech note on this!)
->
->In the archives, there is a suggestion to use the O-ring off 
->the top of an oil filter for a replacement seal. Have any of 
->you done this, and is it reliable? I'd just get the part from 
->VW or a shop, but it's saturday night and I need the car 
->running by tomorrow .. but if this isn't a reliable 
->substitute I'll wait til monday to get the OEM seal.
->
->TIA,
->leo
->84 wolfsburg
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