Look for a crack on the low gear housing. This is very common. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Gilles H Turmel Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 3:29 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Tranny oil leak Hi, I have a 1989 Westy Syncro, oil is dripping from the reverse gear cover. I’ve removed the oil, used Loctite 518 to make a new gasket, torqued the bolt to 10 Nm. Waited 2 hours before filling the tranny. Oil is still dripping. Any ideas on an another cause of that leak? Best regards. Salutations Gilles Turmel |
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