Back in 1995 I bought an 83 Westy Air Cooled Westy. After about three months of just general troublesome little repairs I went on a little trip 250 miles. While reroute I blew the #2 Ring off #4 Piston and I saw oil on my back window when that happened. If I hadn't seen the oil I'd probably never known and blown the entire engine and crippled myself 250 miles from home. I nursed the Westy back 250 miles by driving on service roads at 35 mph and adding a quart of oil every 35 miles or so. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Moon" <Moonf4@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 1:07 PM Subject: Re: Film of oil all over back hatch
> I had the same thing happen with my van. The oil all over the back of the > hatch was reddish, so obviously in my case it was transmission fluid. After > a few failed attempts at different fixes, I ended up taking the transmission > to a shop in El Cajon and they did a pressure test on the torque converter > and they discovered a minor crack on one of the welds for the three bolts > holes in the torque converter. I replaced the torque converter and the > problem was solved. The difficulty in finding the cause was compounded > because the leak only occurred at higher speeds when the tranny was turning > at a high rate. > > Don't know if yours is engine oil or tranny fluid though. Hope that helps > someone. > > Mike |
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