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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I think after only about 15 or so seconds of oil light and the bearings start to gall, after more than a minute all is lost. It may still start and run but it will only go a couple thousand miles more. Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: Lauren Shaw <lauren_swim@hotmail.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 4:10 PM Subject: [T3] Help Help > Hello All, > > Here's my problem: I own a '71 Squareback. All is running well, just > recenlty had the valves adjusted. Everything is great. Last night I drove up > to Northern California from Los Angeles. It was about a seven hour drive. I > stopped twice along the way just to let my baby rest. > About 10minutes away from my house the oil light started coming on. I kept > driving (bad I know) and stopped at home. I went to check the oil, and there > was a large amount of it all over the back of my car. It leaked out of the > oil filler pipe. I don't know how exactly this would happen. It came all the > way up the pipe and leaked out onto the exterior of my car. Any help anyone > could offer would be really appreciated. > > Thanks so much! > Lauren > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > </x-charset>