Date:         Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:06:18 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Knight <vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Knight <vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Push Rod Tube Leak????
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>From: Benny boy <

>Impossible! unless you have a cracked head near the seal, but that is no
>very probable... your leak may come from the water pump (like someone else
>mention)... i would also suggest the oil cooler or related hoses:
>http://www.benplace.com/engine/water_pump_step56.jpg
>http://www.benplace.com/engine/cleaning_pump.jpg

>Even with some amount of coolant into the engine oil, oil would be
>predominant from a pushrod seal leak...

>If i understand, it' comming from the head side??? and not the engine core
>side!!! so, i would suspect the head gasket.... (sorry) a coolant leak from
>under the head is more dificult to see... take your nail and put it in the
>head gasket, fist it need to me soft, second, it may leak a bit when
>playing
>with this one....

>On this picture:
>http://www.benplace.com/roadhaus/100_0135.jpg

>You see the head gasket leaking....but it's not when the engine is not
>running!!! if you look carefully, the gasket in in the center (about) of
>the
>pushrods tube, where is your leak exactly????? This is a driver side
>picture!

>A small head crack could also be a possibility!!!

>As to your question, a collapsable pushrod tube is a easy job....
>Here is a shot (first pushrod tube)
>http://www.benplace.com/roadhaus/100_0138.jpg


Thanks Ben I am going to chjeck into this when the weather clears. It has
been raining on and off since I discovered the leak. Although I think that
the oil leak is coming from the core side and not the head. The coolant leak
just appeareded recently. But oil has been leaking from around the oil pump
area possibly the filter area for a while and was definately more pronounced
than the push rod tube seals. I don't know what to make of it yet. I guess I
really need to get in there and clean it all and try again to locate the
problem.

But to answer my question the heads have to be removed to replace the
pushrod tube seals unless I use the collapsable type, correct?
Where can I find these?



Michael Knight
'77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde"
'85 Vanagon GL, nameless