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> -----Original Message----- > From: jesse johnson [mailto:jjmojo@blazenet.net] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:32 PM > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: [T3] Breather and Leaking Drive Shaft Seal,Oil Bath Airfilter > > > Hello my friendly type3 listees, > I have this little problem of the crankcase breather cap popping out. > I bought a new one thinking the old one did not snap in real tight. > The new one does the same thing. Does anyone else have this problem? > I checked to make sure that the breather is not clogged and that it > is venting into the air filter and it is, so any hints? Is there a spring under the breather cap? If so, cut about 1 turn off the spring. Otherwise, I have put small screws through the edge of the cap to hold it in place. > Also, i changed my transaxle fluid with amsoil trans fluid and i have > found that it is leaking out of the drivers side drive shaft seal. I > know the level is right at the bottom of the fill hole so trans is > not overfilled. The leak is not terrible but it drips maybe a drip or > two overnight. I am familiar with changing these seals on watercooled > cars and it's a pain because of the spring under the drive flange. Do > the aircooled cars have a spring under there or is there just a > c-clip and that's it? I may change the seal if it's not that hard, > otherwise it will just have to leak a little until i pull the engine > and trans in a rebuild. They are not that hard to replace. Yes there is a kind of spring washer under the drive, but it is not that big a deal. There is a rubber cap in the center of the drive flange, covering the end of the shaft, and the snap ring. Be sure you get one of these also, as you will probably damage it getting it out. Next, remove the snap ring, and the drive flange. Use a screw driver to pry out the seal. To reinstall the seal, find something to use as a driver to put it back in. A large socket works. Before you install the drive flange, find a socket that is just a little bit bigger than the shaft. Install the drive flange, install the circlip as far as you can, Take the socket and place it against the circlip, and smack it with a hammer. this will momentarily compress the spring washer, and allow the circlip to snap into its grove. There is an inside and outside to the circlip. If you look at it close, you should see that it has an angle on the inside diameter. the smaller diameter goes toward the outside. > Finally, in the bentley manual it says to fill the oil bath air > filter to the red line. My air filter has no red line! How deep > should the oil be when it is filled correctly? An inch? Half an Inch? There should be a kind of flange around the inside of the aircleaner. This is where you fill the oil too. > Ps. I had a problem of an uneven idle that i had asked about maybe a > month ago. I did a valve adjustment this weekend and found that i had > a tight exhaust valve on one of the cylinders. I adjusted it and set > the timing and found that my idle problems seemed to have gone away. > Would the valse adjustment fix an uneven idle problem? > Keep an eye on the clearance on that valve. It could be a sign that that valve is going bad. Was it #3 cylinder? Left side front cylinder???? Yes, a tight valve can cause a rough idle. Russ Wolfe russ_wolfe@MAHLEParr.com Mahle Parr Filter Systems 505 E. Madison Winterset, IA 50273 ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org