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My '73 fastback was smoking after short drives. The smoke was actually coming out of the air intakes! It appeared that the valve covers were leaking and oil was hitting the heat exchangers. I changed the valve cover gaskets and used high temperature silicone gasket compound between the cover and the gasket to insure a good seal. I took the car for another drive tonight and I still have the same problem. It looks like oil is coming out of the front lower corner of both valve covers and leaking on to the heat exchangers. I also see oil on the underside of the engine. I powerwashed the underside of the car after I installed the new gaskets because I wanted to be able to see where the oil was coming from. Now I think it may be coming from several places! What should I do? Joel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org