Re: [T3] More about the little Engine

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 2 Jan 2002, at 22:52, Lauren Shaw wrote:
> Well.....About the '71 Squareback. It has been a series of problems
> one after the other and I have already been forced to spend well over
> $1000 just in the first two months of owning my little baby. That is
> why I was thinking about replacing the engine....but for right
> now...the current problem is that oil is spewing up the filler pipe
> and onto the exterior of the car. No oil is leaking within the
> engine...just onto the outside. It is an obvious problem because the
> more oil that comes out the less oil pressure there is and that can
> quickly lead to bad news, as we all know. 

Sounds like 2 rather simple problems: There's something wrong 
(blocked) with your crankcase ventilation system, and the gasket 
on you dipstick is probably broken.

I wonder if this is the original engine? Sometimes engines get 
swapped around between different years and the ventilation 
systems are different. Then if you don't have a consistent set of 
parts you can have this problem.

THIS should be easy to fix.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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