Hard to tell, because it picks up too much crud on the way and appears brown. The Amsoil gear oil is blue, but I've never seen any hint of blue in the leaks so far. I just can't imagine where it could leak from to drip off the starter... On 15 Apr 2003 at 0:35, shawn luft wrote: > What colour is it? All fluids are colored so you can tell what they are. is it > blue/green? is it red? is it black? can you remvoe parts to get a good look > at the leak? > > Shawn Wright wrote: > > > Tonight I noticed another in a series of strange and not-so-good things > > while crawling under our '88 Westy (funny how you rarely notice *good* > > things this way...), anyway - I saw oil drips on the lower starter mounting > > bolt. > > > > The van developed a *very* slow oil leak about the time I put in Amsoil > > gear and engine oil two years ago. Prior to this it did not leak a drop in 5 > > years, but since the leak was very slow, and I assumed was engine oil, not > > gear oil, I ignored it. The leak was from the engine/bellhousing area, > > dripping onto the exhaust header clamp plate, so it could be engine or > > trans I guess. > > > > But now the oil drip on the starter bolt has me wondering - how could oil > > leak up that high, and if it did, it must be the transmission, right? Very > > strange. Has anyone seen this before? > > > > Shawn Wright > > http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright > > { This message sent by Pegasus Mail, guaranteed virus-free } > > { Try the brand new version 4.1 at http://pmail.com } > Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright { This message sent by Pegasus Mail, guaranteed virus-free } { Try the brand new version 4.1 at http://pmail.com } |
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