Date: Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:26:14 -0800
Reply-To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject: Re: Leaky Transmission
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Depending on which way you are looking at your engine in this example has a
lot to do with if you placed where the transmission was correctly. If you
had your rear hatch open and was standing behind your rear bumper looking
forward, the transmission is at the front of the engine [toward the front
of the van]. This sounds like, to me, that you are experiencing oil coming
from the rear of the engine. There could be a number of places where it
could be coming from. First of all make sure your oil filter is on tight
and the gasket on the oil filter and oil cooler is OK. If this is OK, then
I would look around the crank area [where the belts are], if oil is coming
from this region I would suspect a bad crank seal.
In any even make sure your oil is not getting too low - keep it topped up
with 20W50 (not 10W30 as a lot of gas stations recommend) and get it
checked out. Leaking oil is a serious thing!
At 08:46 07/03/1999 -0800, Suzanne Hackett wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I'm that gal with the 90 Vanagon 146,000 miles, etc...After a winter
>requiring a new battery, distributor and several hoses, I now have an
>oil leak somewhere that is pooling in places on top of the transmission
>(is that what it is?) or whatever on the parts of the engine block that
>is closest to me as I look into it, and dripping pretty bad...so bad
>that all the oil flys up and greases my back window and rear hatch. I
>am not experiencing anything mechanically (yet) but was wondering what
>you might recommend. My mechanic seems to fix one thing at a time and
>he has been aware of this leak but not very concerned.
>
>Thanks for any thoughts.
>
>Suzanne
>
>*****************************
>Suzanne F. Hackett
>Executive Director
>Valley Cultural Center
>Woodland Hills, CA
>http://www.valleycultural.org
>*****************************
>
>
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