Date:         Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:19:45 -0800
Reply-To:     Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
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From:         Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Cooler Dripping Oil 90 Carat
Comments: To: Mark Magee <marklaura@HOUSTON.RR.COM>
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One thing you may want to check first:

Occasionally the nut that holds the oil cooler to the block,  the one
that is on the threaded tube that the oil-filter screws on to, will work
loose and allow oil to leak out of the base. Tightening this to the
proper torque will solve the problem.

I had the same problem and it turned out that the only problem was that
the bolt had loosened.


Todd
'88 Westy

Mark Magee wrote:

>Volks,
>My 90 Carat has developed an -oil- leak at the base of the oil cooler. My oil cooler looks different than the one portrayed in the Bentley. Bentley shows a unit that has the water hoses coming out of the same side of the cooler. Mine has water entering on one side and leaving on the exact other side. I am supposing that otherwise the bolting-on are the same.
>I understand replacing the baseplate O-ring is the place to start with this issue.
>Is there any procedure to remove the cooler WITHOUT removing the coolant? The hoses look so short as to mandating unclamping them.
>Any tips appreciated.
>Mark Magee                90 Carat 79K
>Kemah TX USA
>John 14:6
>