Date:         Thu, 16 Jul 1998 18:05:52 -0700
Reply-To:     Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      quarter sized hole just right and down of crank pulley?
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

Hello-
        Does anyone know what sits behind the plate at the bottom of the
quarter sized depression down and just to the right of the crank pulley (I
think it would be behind the crank pulley if the pulley is on). I cannot seem
to get the groove around it clean and I am wondering if what I am looking at
is some sort of sand removal plug that is coming loose or maybe some of the
black sealant (which I shouldn't be trying to clean off). The groove seems to
keep getting wet with what looks like dirty oil as the engine sits on the
bench. I say looks like dirty oil because the groove around the bottom of the
depression has yet to form a drip and thus I cannot tell if it is really
oil... Niether the bentley nor my Haynes manual shows a good shot of the
right half of the case (right when looking at the pulley end) and what might
be behind this little thing...

dave