I fully agree, this was even an official recall from VW, they have a thicker grey one (could be wrong on colour) What i'm trying to say is that this is NOT a major problem in regard of oil leak! It's far from being my first pick. And i'm not the expert, just happen to have reseal/rebuilt over 51 wasser engine. I have seen stuff, strange stuff. Picture of the day part 2: http://www.benplace.com/pascal_stock/pascal18.JPG Ben On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:24:50 -0500, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >Hey Ben - You are the expert so I won't dispute your never seeing a bad oil >cooler - however I can tell you from experience that the O-ring goes. Mine >blew out a couple of years ago - made a big mess. I replaced it and no more >leak. > >However, to be clear it leaked Oil - I think this thread said it was leaking >coolant. > |
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