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On 10 Mar 2001, at 20:25, Ron Arnold wrote: > cruisein down the road at a mear 70mph , my car then bogs to 65 then 60 then > 50 then i see a glimpse of the green light then it went away , i look in the > mirror only to see alot of smoke, i get off at the exit stop in the gas > station shut it off , all over the front of the motor is oil , seems to be > ether coming from the pulley or oil pump , so i dumped a quart in just to > see if the motor sounded ok and let it run for a minute and the oil seemed > to be coming from the blowby tube You shouldn't add oil unless the level shows low on the dipstick. Even then a half quart is usually enough on these cars. It doesn't take much leaking oil to make a whole lot of smoke. As to your problem, which year do you have? I suspect that your crankcase breather or hose is blocked up and that it finally forced its way out around the rear of the crank. I have occasionally cleaned out the breather boxes in engines that I am rebuilding and discover an AMAZING amount of built up crud from 30 years of neglect. It would be easy for that stuff to block the hose. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe