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I suspect that Jim's response is correct then and your not having blowby problems. Ive never had oil in the fan housing unless the engine burned a hole in the piston or galled out a cylinder, but you have other issue's as Jim pointed out. Keith > I did a compression test during my first phase of working on the car, when I > needed to know whether I needed a rebuild or not. The numbers came out WAY > higher than 80, around 130 IIRC. > > I've just bought a compression tester of my own (last time a friend came > over with his) so I can test it periodically. I've driven about 2000 km > since the last test. > > > Daniel > > > > Engines will start blowing oil out the fan when the compression gets down > to > > around 80 on all 4. Check your compression to rule that out. > > > > Keith > > > > > I would (very) tentatively go for the first option. My car does not > > > "consume" oil, or smoke from the exhaust. If the rings were shot, I > think > > > you'd expect both symptoms, wouldn't you? > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > >