> Subject: need info on plastic oil filler on diesel > > Hi > > I recently purchased a diesel '82 Vanagon with a slight oil leak. The > previous owner said that the plastic oil filler tube had a crack in it. Oil > drips on the muffler when I drive on the freeway for a length of time. > > I also noticed that oil blows out the top of the dipstick and cap and gets > over some of the back of my van in small droplets. Jim, Sounds like you may have excessive blowby, ie too much combustion gasses are pressed by the rings and then vent through the dipstick tube. Uncap the oil filler, rev the engine and feel the outlet. A small pulsating "breath" is normal, but if it is approaching hairdryer velocity you may be in trouble. Check the venting lines to the air cleaner for clogging and consider at least adding an oil baffle over the head to prevent runaway. The oil baffle lets oil drip back down into the block instead of being blown out the vent on the head. The real long term fix may be a re-ring or overhaul. An archive and WWW search will add more info to this. /Martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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