Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:43:53 -0800
Reply-To: t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
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From: t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: This scares me....
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---Jim Fritz <jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US> wrote:
>
> Volks,
> Ok, all has been peachy since I bought my 89 about a month ago.
Several short trips and then it starts getting cold and snowy around
here so I decide to put it away. Put a chunk of cardboard under the
engine to catch any "little drops of oil/whatever". Well, needed to
take it out today to get its new Michelins and voile! on the cardboard
is a light brown watery substance. Doesn't appear to be oily and
doesn't smell sweet but probably a teapsoon worth in less than a week.
I was dressed up for work so couldn't crawl underneath it to check it
out. Suggestions? Places/things to look for? Condolences?
>
I wouldn't worry about less than a teaspoon of anything. What you got
here is condensation. Mixes with the gunk on the engine to give it
the brown color. Don't sweat the small stuff.
> Jim
> BTW: had my mechanic check it out and he said compression was 165
in 3 cylinders and 150 in 4th. (I think those were the numbers he
quoted me.)
>
Wow! Very good!
TBill
83.5 Westy
Nothing dripping
> jfritz@decorah.k12.ia.us
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COLOR="#000000">Volks,<BR>
Ok, all has been peachy since I bought my 89 about a month ago.
Several short trips and then it starts getting cold and snowy around
here so I decide to put it away. Put a chunk of cardboard under the
engine to catch any "little drops of oil/whatever". Well, needed to
take it out today to get its new Michelins and voile! on the cardboard
is a light brown watery substance. Doesn't appear to be oily and
doesn't smell sweet but probably a teapsoon worth in less than a week.
I was dressed up for work so couldn't crawl underneath it to check it
out. Suggestions? Places/things to look for? Condolences?<BR>
<BR>
Jim<BR>
BTW: had my mechanic check it out and he said compression was 165 in
3 cylinders and 150 in 4th. (I think those were the numbers he quoted
me.)<BR>
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jfritz@decorah.k12.ia.us</FONT></BODY></HTML>
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