Date:         Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:23:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Strange oil leak @ starter mount?
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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
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