There is a sucker device used for draining tranny etc. Looks a lit like a grease gun. About a $12.00 item. Park your van at an angle and drain it by sucking the old oil out the filler pipe. Not a fix but it buys you time. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westy On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:21:32 EDT Brian Baudoin <FeeDoubleU@CS.COM> writes: > > > I need help bad!!! I bought my third Vanagon ('87, non-GL, > non-Sychro, > non-Westy) about three months ago. The seller told me that the oil > was in > good shape. So, I took his word for it. Well, that was a while > ago, and now > it's time for me to change the oil again. But, the drain plug was > apparantly > previously stripped, so he inserted a larger drain plug and welded > the > frickin' thing in place (apparantly it was leaking and he needed to > get rid > of it). I need helP!!! What can I do? What is the lowest point of > oil flow > so I can perhaps drain the oil out of another hole? Please help!! > The > viscosity of the oil is dangerously low, and I don't want to lose my > van! > Thanks guys! > FeeDub (Brian) > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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