Date:         Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:08 -0800
Reply-To:     dennis lockwood <luvoldvws@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         dennis lockwood <luvoldvws@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Oil Leak at Oil Cooler Solved
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Subtitled:  Say Sailor, Feeling Lucky Tonight?

The last few months my 91 Carat has been plagued with
an increasing oil leak at the left rear of the engine.
 I jacked up my beast of burden and crawled underneath
to take a look.  To no-one's surprise, the oil leak
was coming from the oil cooler.  A quick trip to the
Bentley manual pointed to either the oil cooler o-ring
being faulty or a loose oil cooler nut.  The archives
(long live the archives!) outlined the procedure
involved in changing the oil cooler o-ring.  It is not
an expensive task, but it involves draining the
cooling system (Do more and more of your repairs
involve draining the cooling system too?).  The other
alternative involve re-torqueing the cooler nut.
Bentley listed the torque at 18 ft. lbs.  Sure enough,
mine was loose.  It was worth the try, as I am just
not into draining the cooling system again.  I
retorqued the nut (27 mm) and it has been dry as a
bone since.  Hurrah!

Moral:  If your water cooled Vanagon has an oil leak
at the oil cooler, try retorqueing the cooler nut
first.

Second rhetorical question:  does your spell checker
include "retorqueing?"

Good Luck and drive safely.

Dennis Lockwood
91 Carat
Original Owner

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