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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 - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe