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Date:         Tue, 1 Jul 2003 11:38:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
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From:         Larry Chase <roadguy@ROADHAUS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil Leak 91 Vanagon
Comments: cc: DanHaydon@CORNERSTONESOFTWARE.COM
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Got the same problem with RoadHaus.


Had the exhaust system taken out three times when the engine went in.


To try and fit it.


Appears to be the oil pump cover .. according to the engine builder.


Tried three different covers and gasket combinations, including pre
soaking the gaskets.


.... And nothing worked.


Leaks 1/2 qrt per 1,000 miles.


Collects on the cross member below, blows back and burn off on the
exhaust.


Burning oil smell all day long.


Someone suggested maybe a "Hair Line Crack" in the block .. Who knows


Really bugs me.


"Man is the tool of his dreams."


- William Least Heat-Moon


Larry Chase


Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com


Web:  <outbind://67/www.RoadHaus.com> www.RoadHaus.com


Cell: 480 620 8966


What: North American Road Trip


How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro


Today: Anacortes, WA


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Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 08:52:29 -0600


From: Dan Haydon <DanHaydon@CORNERSTONESOFTWARE.COM>


Subject: Re:


Shannon,


Sounds familiar. Is the oil leaking from the middle section, pooling at
the trianglular plate that supports the exhaust under the motor? Mine is
(I have a 91 GL as well), and I suspect it is coming from the rear main
crank seal. Good luck!
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