Date:         Thu, 22 Feb 2001 18:57:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Bob Berkemer <berky@WIN.BRIGHT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Berkemer <berky@WIN.BRIGHT.NET>
Subject:      2.1 oil leak?
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Hi  List  Friends,

Last week I posted about my friend in Colorado in need of a good repair
shop for her 87 westy. I received many great suggestions but now am
wondering about her original problem.

She had this van for three days (hardly drove it) and the engine oil
light came on shortly after leaving her house so she drove into the
nearest filling station in Estes Park where they said there was no oil
left in the case! She had them fill it up with oil but then it was
unwilling to start. The van is now at a repair shop where they say they
can't rebuild the engine cause the block is cracked (they want to sell
her a used engine they happen to have). I know the 2.1's have a tendency
to throw rods and make nice holes in the block but "cracks" are a new
one to me.

After she returned home from the fillingstation she found a big puddle
of oil on her drive so there must have been a major leak. With the
engine not running where would you have a "major" leak other than from
the drain plug??

Any ideas?

TIA
Bob
84 westy, Wisconsin