Date:         Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:14:10 PST
Reply-To:     Micheal Finn <mcfinn70@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Micheal Finn <mcfinn70@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Leaking Oil like the Exxon Valdez
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I'm loosing lots of oil ('84 1.9 L), I probably need to rebuild the motor,
but I'm short of cash and the oily beauty is my only transport (other car
was just totaled). I'm trying to find ways of holding her together for the
next few months.

I'm blowing oil through the exhust.  Does this automaticly mean I have a
cracked block, or could it be something more manageable like a bad gasket on
the oil pump, oil breather tube or maybe even the oil fill spout?

If I do need to start replacing gaskets on the block, are there any I can do
with out pulling the engiene? I have not seen any evidence of coolent
leakage, but I'm loosing about 1 quart every 2 days (or 200 miles).

The oil leaks started when I had a bolt on heater attached to the underside
of block.  The tech pulled the bolts that hold the two side of the block
together to bolt the heater on.  Any ideas for a poor dumb un-vanworthy joe
hazelwood type??
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