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Watch out on those curves when they're wet -- they get slick! (For those who haven't experienced these curves, I believe they were designed by recent engineering graduates who were completely stoned and thought it would be funny to make a turn that angled outward and not inward like a standard turn.) I would venture to say that the case isn't breathing properly. First, you really need to get your hands on a shop manual, even the Idiot's Guide by John Muir will help. Look at the case breather. It's in the location where the Type I oil filler would normally be. It's probably black and flat. There should be a small tube underneath it (the larger one goes into the case itself) that the case breaths from. Another check is to see if the case was over-filled with oil. Over-filling is not a good thing and can cause oil to get squeezed out in messy places. If synthetic oil was recently used in a normally conventional oil engine then it will find many spots to leak from. I would suggest changing the oil and cleaning the engine. Take a drive around the block, stop and look where the oil is coming from. Peter, Jason and I were at the PIR show as well. Too bad you couldn't of hooked up with one of us as we could've given the Fasty a check-up for you. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/ >-----Original Message----- >So here is the deal. as i drove it home and I was commming up I-5 >towards the terwileger'QÅ/ just a slight incline over about a mile) >I started to smoke pretty heavy. I was worried but as the hill evened >out the smoke went away and no more problems. Well my parents were >driving behind me and so I have a litte more info. there windshield >was lightly covered in spats of oil. and they said that the smoke >apeared to be coming off the 1 and 2 cylinder side... ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org