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Subject: [T3] Push Rod Tubes > my stock pushrod tubes were leaking so i replaced them with a set of Bugpack > Nylon tubes , after a club meeting i noticed they were leaking a big heavy , > after i got home i took them out and 2 of them were melted like into shape > of where they needed to be .. is this normal for these tubes to melt ? only > 2 of the tubes had melted i put them back in with some silicone on the > rubbers to see if that makes the leak stop ,.. > I have very rarely seen stock "factory" push rod tubes leak. I wouldn't know about some of the after market ones available now. I don't even trust the machined aluminum ones. I have seen too many of these leak. Usually, it is the seals that leak, or possibly a leak at the cylinder base gaskets. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org