Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:20:25 -0500
Reply-To: Jay & Kim Schmidt <schmidt5@HSONLINE.NET>
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From: Jay & Kim Schmidt <schmidt5@HSONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: oil leaks:beware, vender praise content!
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WHAT??? I am fixing my leaky ones right now. I think you'll like this. My
84 had 8 leaky ones. Three were already the telescoping type and five were
the solids. I called up AVP to get a few other gaskets that BD said were
"dealer-only" parts, and mentioned the same dilemma to them.(not pulling my
heads either.) They were VERY cool and said that new tele-units were $20
each(x5), but offered to find 5 good used ones off their cores and send them
with new seals for $5 each. They arrived and were perfect...looked brand new
as they were run thru the parts cleaner before shipping.
I'd encourage you all to give AVP a call for some of the hard to find
neccessities for your engines. I could have hunted forever for some of those
little things-exhaust studs, oil-filler neck-to-case gasket, intake runner
to head phenolic (sp?) blocks. Most of these items are not profitable for
the parts guys to stock(or you must buy a whole "kit"), but you know an
engine builder has all the goodies. Call and talk to Erin. She is always
most helpful to me. That was especially cool to get FIVE telescoping VW
push-rod tubes for $25 total!
Hope this helps! Glad you got that van running finally!
Jay-9k miles on my AVP rebuilt '77 2litre since 5-99.
PS: BD is good too. After being a little disgruntled with my very first
order, I have since come to like them and trust them fully. Several orders
with only positive experiences. Use AVP and BD...they are straight shooters.
>No, I'm not shocked. I just got my '84 Vanagon running (they're cheaper if
>you buy them non-running,$600 ) Anyway I noticed that there was a leak
near
>the engine comp. upon inspection I noticed that it was in fact oil. Looking
>closer I saw that it was the push rod tubes, I guess 5 years is too long to
>sit in one place. I'm assuming that the seals are rotted out.
>At first I thought it was just one, so I bought one of those spring loaded
>replacement tubes. When I got home I looked closer, it's leaking on BOTH
>side of the engine. I'm thinking they all need to be replaced. What is the
>list consenses? Do I pull the heads and replace them all? would I be
>tempting fate by removing the heads? If I buy all spring loaded tubes, the
>repair will cost me $400.00. I believe the bus depot has the gasket sets
for
>about 60-70 dollars per side. plus tubes I guess! What would YOU do with a
>waterboxer? ( Don't tell me to do an engine swap, I'm too busy with rabbit
>diesels right now!) Thanks for any advice! :) Tom
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