Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:17:28 -1000
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From: "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Gremlins
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Sorry for your ongoing sagas, John,
Had to chuckle...women friend of mine..helper her with her older vehicle..
I named that pick-up "Never Over" ..
because it is just never, ever 'over' with this rig ...breaks faster
than one can fix it almost.
did you check the oil level ?
any change it's very over-filled ?
I've never had any problems with oil leaks in that area of a waterboxer
engine.
I've read about a lot of them tho.
obvious things to suspect ...
oil cooler big sealing ring-to-block.
( this is a weak area in that the nut holding the cooler to the block
should be checked for tightness once in a while ...if loose, just
replacing the oil filter can make it even looser. )
oil pressure switch by the crank pulley.
oil filter and its seal
Front main oil seal ..the crank pulley one ..tho I've never ever seen a
real problem there.
those seem to work just fine to me forever.
Oil level in the engine
oil breather tower where it seals to the block
make sure they take it for at least a 5 mile test drive next time.
sounds like two cases of 'there you are Sir, all fixed' and immediately
you find something serious not working right.
oh..one of my joke sayings regarding regular car shops .
.."There isn't time to fix things really right by 5 or 6 PM closing time."
Scott
On 3/23/2016 3:06 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
> I seem to have them.
>
> Got my 88GL back today with the new manual tranny. But guess what - got a
> serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in the
> vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the heck!).
>
> This really has me confounded. The last few months it's been one thing
> after another. Last time it went out the door of the shop after getting
> CV's lubed and some other things, and the brakes failed right out the front
> door of the shop. I found the problem and fixed that without further ado.
> This time I had the tranny changed and a new clutch put in, and it works
> great, but right out of the shop Black Oil Niagra Falls starts at the
> pulley end of the engine. What the hey?
>
> Spent a ton, expended a lot of my own energy fixing, and I still can't
> really drive it anywhere. Back end is covered in so much oil its dripping
> off the bumper and trailer hitch!!
>
> Any suggestions anyone - besides driving it off into the river?
>
> John
>
