Hi all. Maybe it's just the morbid mechanic in me having a good time posting gnarly pics but .... ;) While doing the cooling system work, noticed my oil fill pipe was quite rusty. image: http://tinyurl.com/p6xjyrc (I'm beginning to think this bus sat in tall wet grass for a while!) I then recalled a poster on thesamba mentioning that his pipe had failed at the flange allowing the engine to dump a bunch of oil. At least that was my understanding. NOT saying that failure is common but some wire brush work, a strip of medium or coarse emery *cloth* wrapped around the pipe used like a rag buffing up a shoe, cleaned it up. A small paint brush can fit in to paint it. I used Zero Rust paint but there's other options. At the very least, it'll slow the rust down and I imagine it's something a lot of Vanagon owners can do. -- Neil n Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group: |
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