Date:         Mon, 11 Sep 2000 22:30:14 -0400
Reply-To:     "Echo Industries, Inc." <echomhs@GIS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Echo Industries, Inc." <echomhs@GIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: New diesel oil pans
Comments: cc: "\"'DaveBayer<daveb@CP.NET>'\" <DaveBayer" <daveb@CP.NET>

On Monday, September 11, 2000 2:14 PM, Dave Bayer <daveb@CP.NET> wrote:
>         I am contemplating getting a new oil pan for my soon to be
> diesel powered vanagon as I have heard the old style do not seal very
> well. Was wondering what current diesel owners experiences have been
> with the drain bolt leaking? Then I just wanted to confirm that the
> new oil pans actually have a 'different' sealing mechanism (ie, a bolt
> with sealing washer in a hole as opposed to the old bolt shaft plugging
> hole in pan).
>

Where do these new oil pans come from?   What do they cost?  I've got the
original with the bolt-shaft-plugging-hole design.  I didn't know there was
an alternative.

Maynard
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
'93 EV GL "Klinger"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
'84 Jetta GL TD