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RE: [T3] Oil leak


i am thinking that the loose bolts this guy is referring to are the small
bolts that hold the sump plate on. I have had this happen to me, and seen it
on other VW's. I think the way these bolts are installed is with a bit of
loc-tite or something. sometimes, this fails and every time you take the
acorn type nut off, you take the stud out as well. you can get new studs-but
they will do the same thing-i don't know how to get the stud to stick in
there...unless you could get all the oil completely out of the stud
whole-then a dab of loctite, then a new stud.

-kevin
somerville, ma
'65 kombi
'71 sqbk


-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Gamboa [mailto:gary_gamboa@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 12:06 PM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Oil leak


Hello,

I was driving from Cape Cod to Quincy, MA, about 70 miles. When I got about
30 miles into the trip, I stopped and noticed smoke coming from under the
right side and through the right vent. When I looked under the car, the
smoke seemed to come from the lower HE. There was also about 10-20 oil drops
on the ground. This oil smoking has happened twice so far, between these 2
occurences, I have made numerous short trips with no oil smoking. Why didn't
this happen on those small trips?

I had just changed the oil, and the guy who did it mentioned that 2 of the
oil housing bolts were moving freely. He also mentioned there was a kit to
replace these bolts cuase they frequently do this.
Does anyone know of this kit?


Thank you,

Gary Gamboa
'71 FI Sqaure

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