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Re: [T3] Gas in the crankcase


On 17 May 99, at 19:19, Roby Ballard wrote:

>     Drove the car a small bit when I got it home, again running fine, but
> with severe leakage.  Decided to pull the ø[~®ast week in order to
> install the gaskets.  Here's the problem....
> 
>     As I'm draining the crankcase, the oil is coming out REALLY fast.
> Thought this was a bit odd, since the car hadn't been started in a while.
> Put my fingers in the stream and bring it to my nose, STRONG gas smell.
> 
>     Other than a)  a bad seal at the fuel pump (mechanical) and how do I
> confirm, or b) PO putting gas in the oil tube, how could gas have gotten in
> the crankcase?

Running very rich. Lack ot thermostatic warmup syetem which leads to 
never warming up and driving off the gas which condenses in the oil.

>     Also, I said the car started / ran fine, what's the possibility of me
> having caused major damage to the innards?

Depends on how long it was run this way. The worst part is the ring & 
cylinder wear from the raw gas washing down the cylinder walls.

YMMV.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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