How's your neck? You should be able to get enough money to rebuild your van entirely! What luck!!
Tom Corbitt wrote: > The other day someone was too busy talking on their cell phone to notice > my vanagon, and I was rear-ended. The bumper and end caps are history, > and I seem to have developed a leak at/around my left front pushrod > tube. It doesn't seem to leak while I'm driving, but as soon as I shut > the engine off, oils starts dripping/running out of the first tube on > the drivers side. It continues to leak for a while after the engine is > shut off, and the force is controlled by the amount of oil in the engine > (if I try to fill it to the full mark on the stick, it will quickly leak > (over a day or two) out until it's at the add mark on the dipstick, then > it's back to 10-50 drips per run. I've also discovered that the position > on the van seems to impact the strength of the leak. Is this kind of > behavior consistent with just a push rod tube leak, or is it possibly > something deeper in the head? > > I looked in the archives for insight into how hard a job this might be, > and I have the bently, but I'm still scratching my head. Could one > normally be expected to stop such a leak by replacing the push rod seals > and tubes without pulling off the head (i know I'd need to buy the > collapsible tubes)? > > I'm probably going to take it to a local vw garage to have them look it > over for other trauma and maybe have them get into it due to the fact > that the others drivers insurance is responsible and is paying for it, > but I'd like to have an idea of what's involved. Part of why I got the > van is because I wanted to work on it. > > thanks in advance, > > tom corbitt > > 83.5 Vanagon > In muggy Raleigh, NC -- Anthony Kimmons, Houston Texas http://www.akimmons.com |
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