Found that oil only in overflow. Drained and cleaned and refilled w/ h2o. No more oil and none in expansion. At this point, I assume(not sure..and don't want to flame on anyone...yet), but I think the Firestone...errr oil change place(that I swore I would never use) may have started to refill oil there, caught the error and put it in the right place, but DID NOT even inform me of the error. Oil must have sat in the overflow the whole trip to Florida and back. Anyway....I am really appreciative of the response I have gotten from the list. You guys are the best. P.S. Saga re my reaming of said repair shop will be forthcoming after some further diagnostics. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.