List, After just putting a new exhaust crossover, etc on, and reconnected the EGR filter. I seem to have alot of oil driping from every available spot. Also when I attempt to pull the oil dip stick to check the oil level it is very hard to get out and it has what looks like rusty water droplets on it. There is a lot of foamy white stuff in the oil filler also. This Vanagon is an 1981 with an Air Cooled engine. Where can all this moisture be coming from? I did a compression check on the engine about a month ago and each cylinder read about 125 psi, but #3 would bleed down after a couple of seconds, I repeated the test with a tablespoon of oil in the cylinders and they all read about 3 psi higher and #3 bleed down alot slower. Are all these signs of a ring problem with Number 3. A local Mechanic said possibly the rings could have seized up on that cylinder? Can they be freed up with a chemical treatment of some kind? Or is it Motor time again? This engine has about 50k on the rebuild. Could it be a valve seat problem? Appreciate any suggestions the list would have Joe, Omaha NE Any used motors close to Omaha........???????? |
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