Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:44:42 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Sounds to me like very, very clearly a case of 'leave well enough alone.'
Like you got a lot out, just leave it be.
You might try compressed air to swirl things up and get a few more bits out
that way.
And you might change the oil after the first 10 minutes of running too.
Just the idea of flushing a lot with kerosene makes me nervous.
Not that you did this, but I see people gong nutty over getting things
clean, especially the outsides of engines. They often cause themselves
problems doing that. Sure, we want things pretty clean, but also moving
tiny bits from where they settled into safe places, into possibly bad places
- far better to just leave it be in the first place, within reason of
course.
Here's a trick.........anyone can guffaw that wants to - I'm not nearly as
'worried and anal' as I used to be, but when I'd be obsessing over some tiny
detail worrying about it if was going to be ok long term, I'd visualize
years later remembering back that I had been worried about it 'way back
then' and how unnecessary that was, due to years and years having past in
the meantime, with no concerns or problems with the part or issue I was
worried about.
Warning : I don't promise anyone can do 'psychic healing' to cars, but I
can, believe it or not. I started doing it to wheeled machines before I
went to kindergarten even.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 5:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:
I have been working on rebuilding the top end of my 1.9 since last June
(on and off obviously). Because of the length of time the motor has
been open, I decided to try and clean any dust that may have got in
there by spraying the inside of the case with kerosene as per the Muire
How to Keep your VW Alive Idiot Book. Some hard, brittle, black chunks
came out of the oil drain hole (case sealant? valve cover gasket
sealant?), and a few black silicone bits. Is this stuff "normal" to be
in the sump of a 150K motor? Should I be "anal" about trying to get
every last piece out? I already used about 3 litters of kerosene and I
think I got most of it out but I'm sure there are still some bits in
there. My motor ran fine before I took it apart. Thanks
Pascal
'84 Westy
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