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Re: [T3] oil consumption


I've always felt a bit guilty on this.  When I first got the Fastback, it was
leaking steadily from the front seal - a drip every second or so.  The PO had
overfilled the sump too, either to make it less likely to run out, or maybe the
seal blew because of overfilling.
I took it for a drive up the road as it was still had a few days of MoT to run,
and off up a long hill to check its climbing ability.  The road was wet, and on
the way back after turning round, there was a crashed car in the field about 15
feet below road level, with a couple of young guys standing beside it.  Now
maybe they had simply over-cooked it on the bend with a wet road, but I still
wonder if the drips of oil played a part in their downfall.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Verdon" <Neil.Verdon@t-online.de>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] oil consumption


> hi
>   the german biannual tuv test require that you car is leaking no oil
> whatsoever as even small amounts of oil dropping off your car on the
> autobahn may create a hazzard ! many of the english military guys who bring
> cars over from the uk fall victem as this is one of the rules applied to our
> tuv/mot test it is carried out by a tuv approved german civilian and it is
> strickt proper german
>
> i personally think it is totally understandable
>
> neil verdon 66 sqr on irs.
>
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