Date:         Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:00:06 -0800
Reply-To:     "Backus, Brian G" <Brian.Backus@PSS.BOEING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         "Backus, Brian G" <Brian.Backus@PSS.BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Oil gallery plugs poping
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM, Don Gibbons <dgibbons@PRESRAY.COM>
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That's funny, I just had my 2100 rebuilt and the guy who did the laber
said he has never seen this happen before.  Not once.  Till mine that
is.  He said that if it'd been the lottery, I'd have won.

Yes it dripped bad.  I had puddles all over the place.  I had to quit
parking on the driveway.  Then I was afraid the EPA would come along and
tell me I'd have to get the "hazardous waste" in the gravel removed at
my cost.

But Jerry at Con Rod Northwest was good on his word and removed my
transaxle to replace the Main Seal.  It still leaked so he actually gave
me a loaner Vanagon and went back in to see where it was leaking from.
It turned out to be the Galley plug.  He used some sort of liquid steel
to fix it.  I didn't really like that idea but hey.  It doesn't leak
anymore.  So I guess he fixed it.

I thought a threaded plug would be better too but after he pulled it
twice at his cost, I wasn't going to complain.  No drips.

> ----------
> From:         Don Gibbons[SMTP:dgibbons@PRESRAY.COM]
> Reply To:     Don Gibbons
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 10, 1998 12:40 PM
> To:   Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Oil gallery plugs poping
>
> In the last few weeks I have seen a number of posts about the main oil
> gallery
> plugs on the flywheel end coming out and causing massive oil leaks.
> How
> prevalent is this problem? What threaded plugs are recommended as a
> fix?
>