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Date:         Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:28:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: oil leak on 1984 1.9
Comments: To: Doug <shirewood@wildblue.net>
In-Reply-To:  <6EF7092DED0045C78F5050988B781C21@SHIREWOOD>
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dear sir leaks alot says ... Why does it always seem like there is only one way to get it right, but a hundred ways to get it wrong. Doesn't seem fair.

whats that tag line say i have not discovered the wrong one simply 10000 ones that do not work or something like that ... i used those words on my wedding cake even my wife laughed ... ya aaaaahhh yours

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Doug <shirewood@wildblue.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the ideas, gentlemen. Sounds like a veritable rear seal > minefield out there. Why does it always seem like there is only one way to > get it right, but a hundred ways to get it wrong. Doesn't seem fair. > > Doug E. > '84 Van-Go > '67 vw convertible Vert-i-go > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> > To: "Doug" <shirewood@WILDBLUE.NET>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:37 PM > Subject: Re: oil leak on 1984 1.9 > > > my thoughts .. >> for one use a red german rear main seal. ( or red lipped ) >> the black ones get hard and brittle after a while. >> >> I would be suspicious it's 'more' than just the rear main seal or how it >> was installed. >> >> things that come to my mind ...high crankcase pressure from being a >> well-worn engine. >> As a test, try running it with the dipstick pulled up an inch .. >> if relieving the crankcase pressure like that makes the RMS stop leaking >> .. >> you've found 'why.' >> >> Too large main bearing oil clearance comes to mind. >> Besides checking end play .. >> a very crude test is to see how far left-right you can move the flywheel >> ( engine and trans have to be separated of course ) . >> It shouldn't move at all. >> Being an opposed four the forces are left-right there .. >> it was an air-cooled, but I have seen a flywheel move sideways nearly an >> eight inch ( ok, maybe a fat 1/16th ) ..either from large oil clearance or >> bearing loose in the case .. >> just something to check is all...that may or may not reveal something. >> I'm not sure I'd pull the engine just to wiggle on the flywheel since it's >> unlikely to be bad there ..but do think about oil clearance on the main >> bearing next to the flywheel. >> >> and you're sure it's engine oil and not gear oil ? >> >> did you ask him what he saw when he replaced the first 'bad' one ? >> Like .............what would be good is he saw where he made a mistake or >> something .. >> or it was a cheap or faulty seal, or got damaged on installation ( sealing >> surface on the crank still nice and smooth ? ) ... >> like if he saw 'no reason' for the first one to leak, >> and it was 'well, let's try another new one' .... >> might not have been really getting to the 'real' problem, obviously. >> >> I've not heard of any oil gallery plugs leaking on the flywheel end of the >> engine, or cracked case.. >> but it is a vw ..anything is possible ! lol. >> >> for the moment..I'm leaning toward too high crankcase pressure or too >> large oil clearance at the main bearing there ...but I hope it's neither >> of those. >> >> Scott >> www.turbovans.com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Doug" <shirewood@WILDBLUE.NET> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:04 PM >> Subject: oil leak on 1984 1.9 >> >> >> Seeking help figuring out an oil leak. >> History: Had my local mechanic [competent and ethical] pull the >> transmission last year so Daryl could install a LSD for improved traction. >> My mechanic replaced the rear seals at that time and put everything back >> together. Six months later I notice a significant oil leak which drips >> down where the engine and transmission join. I tell him about it and he >> says bring it in. He drops the trany and replaces the seal. >> When I pick it up he says no charge. "I was the last one in there." >> Today, one month later I had to go back to the shop and tell him it has >> been leaking since I got it. I asked him if he wanted me to take it to a >> Vanagon mechanic. He still feels responsible but ask me to post the >> question to you all if there are any suggestions as to what is going on >> here. I mentioned I thought I had read on here something about high case >> pressure. What is the test for that? Compression? This is a high >> mileage engine, but it's a strong runner and normally doesn't use much >> oil. He checked the end play and said it was ok. >> Thanks >> Doug E. >> '84 Van-Go >> '67 vw convertible Vert-i-go >> >

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