Re: [T3] My new fastback

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

Last time I had oil coming up the dipstick tube, I had a hole in a
piston.  Air got pumped down through the hole and blew the oil right
up.  Came out a hole in the dipstick boot and got on the muffler,
major smoke screen.  You might do well to check your compression all
the way around, not a bad idea upon acquiring any used car.  You might
have a bunch of blowby.  There's a breather box on the right hand side
next to the air cleaner, it's supposed to separate oil from fumes and
return the oil down a tube to the dipstick/filler fitting on the
bottom rear of the engine case.  Fumes get piped into the air cleaner
through a short hose.  That's the theory.  Mine's a '71 and I think
it's got the same setup as yours, when I first got it, the plastic cap
on the top of the box was hopping around like a pressure cooker
weight. Got a new cap and things became cleaner. Must be a common
problem, I've seen any number of wrecks that had monster screwsI*u
 pipe plugs and Brillo pads stuffed in there.   There's a short
section of rubber hose between fan housing and engine case on the
right side that connects the breather box with the dipstick fitting,
it's hard to see and probably impossible to replace without an engine
pull and partial dismantling.  Mine was disintegrating when I got
around to changing the engine, another possible source of oil leaks.
Anyway, I also need a new dipstick tube boot, the ones they're selling
for replacement  are crap.  Kind of a semi-soft plastic bellows thing
that gets hard and melts in a half-hour of running.  It also leaves a
hole in the rear plenum for hot air to get sucked out of the engine
compartment by the fan.  Anyone know of a source for NOS?

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 20:32:48 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Well gang, this is my first entry into this list.  I have had several
>bugs and a couple of buses but i just purchased a 72 fastback.
>
>for those of you who were asking about who was going to the portland
>show last sunday, I went, and if anybody saw the orange thing with the
>orange fastback behind it.  well that is the one i bought.  I seem to
>run well and have an ok tranny.
>
>So here is the deal.  as i drove it home and I was commming up I-5
>towards the terwileger curves( just a slight incline over about a mile)
>I started to smoke pretty heavy.  I was worried but as the hill evened
>out the smoke went away and no more problems.  Well my parents were
>driving behind me and so I have a litte more info.  there windshield
>was lightly covered in spats of oil. and they said that the smoke
>apeared to be coming off the 1 and 2 cylinder side.
>
>So I got home and started looking it over.  the rubber tube that
>connects the oil filler cap to the oil filler tube on the engine seemed
>to be leaking by the edge where it connects to the metal tube of the
>engine.  So I went ahead and put a clamp on it and drove to work.  Well
>it apeared that there was a little bit of pressure in there, because it
>put a new hole in the rubber Œ]Rqn my bugs the oil filler mount has
>an over flow tube for pressure relief.  do type III have one of these? 
>I am loosing a lot of oil and it seems to me at least that this is
>where to start.
>
>keep in mind that the smoke does appear to be coming off that side. but
>I don't know much about the type III setup.  it still has the stock
>fuel injection and stuff so...
>
>any way... Please let me know ANYTHING THAT MIGHT HELP or anything that
>you would like to pass on to a new type III owner.
>
>sim
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