Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 11:54:20 -0600
Reply-To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Oil leak, dip stick seal?
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If this is the Fresh Eng’ & it is not yet broken in, this oil may very well be
coming out the Exhaust ~ 1 Suby rebuild that I put in My van several years ago
was badly built & so was an Oil Burner & resulted in a very thin film & random
spattering of oil covering the entire rear of My Van’ ~
ORR ~ DeanB
> On 3 Apr , 2023, at 11:03 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the Oil pump tip. Something to look at for sure.
>
> I’ve never seen oil coating like this before it is fine and wide spread.
> Thin coat on the Dennis Haynes hitch, and that is a wide left to right span. Also on the rear step on the hitch and that is about 2 feet or a bit wider.
> But, I also think some on the bottom of engine and mustache bar.
>
> Sighted friend did see some small drips after a drive that might have been from dip stick area.
>
> I’m not sure I’ve touched these things before. Not sure I can get my hand there.
>
> Thoughts on diagnosis?
>
> I’m wondering if the wide mist effect might indicate the oil pump.
>
> Pressure in the van if people are reading it correctly is over 60 when driving and about 40 at idle.
>
> Past readings on other engine were about 40 at speed and close to 20 at idle.
>
> I think there are always some small things like this that happen after a big job like a engine swap.
> I’m hoping to identify and get resolved sooner rather then later.
>
> Eric
>
>
>> On Apr 3, 2023, at 11:36 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> You have Too Many Vanagons, Is this the new 2.3 that was the lead actor
>>
>> in the 1 April No Joke or a different 1 ?
>>
>> A Leak down in that area can be difficult to diagnose as there is also the
>>
>> Oil Filler Tube Seal & Oil Pump that could be the culprit ~ If it is a Drip thet is
>>
>> getting blown about, Dipstick or Filler Tube leak maybe, but if aspirated under
>>
>> pressure it could be Oil Pump ~
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 3 Apr , 2023, at 8:06 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> My 85 2.3 seems to be spraying a very fine bit of oil. I noticed it when washing the van.
>>>
>>> I found it on the rear hitch, mustache bar and the step that I have in the rear hitch. Some perhaps on under side of motor.
>>>
>>> This is a fine layer but noticeable.
>>>
>>> With a friend I had him look at the area and then went for a ride.
>>>
>>> When we came back he checked to see where he might find oil. It looked to him to be the dip stick seal to motor.
>>>
>>> I’ve never changed this before.
>>>
>>> Can anyone talk me through the steps and also comment on if this seems like a source of the oil mist at the rear of engine toward bumper.
>>>
>>> Appreciatively.
>>>
>>> Eric Caron
>>> 85 Westfalia
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