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Date:         Tue, 28 Dec 2004 19:38:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Ken Winsor <kwinsor@STNY.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Winsor <kwinsor@STNY.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
Comments: To: Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Check out Jeff's web-site (vanagonparts.com). He has a section called Technical Bulletins, and one specifically addressing this problem. P.S. He's a good guy. Help support him and buy some stuff from him. http://www.vanagonparts.com/home.html

----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sutton" <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)

> Hi folks, > Thanks for all your tremendous help. The leak is fixed, I just got home > to Brooklyn with no problems, and none of this could've been done without > your help. > I found the O-ring at a dealer in Warington PA, it looked very different > from what it replaced: Not gray as some had mentioned in reply posts, but > much beefier than the original and with two tab-like protrusions on the > inner circumference that that grabbed onto little barbs on the mating > face > of the oil cooler. Anyway- it seems to have done the trick, and I've > lightened the oil weight from 20w50 to 10w40, which makes the cold starts > a > lot easier. > > Thanks so much to this list for bailing me out again! > > -Matt Sutton > 88 GL > Brooklyn NY >


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