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Re: [T3] Oil leak mistry


On 23 Jan 2002, at 13:30, Dave Campen wrote:

> You could remove the air intake bellows and spray "Gunk" (or whatever your
> favourite engine degreaser is) through the vanes of the pulley, trying to
> spread it round as much as possible. Then just hose out and let it dry.

My first thought about this was that it would create a huge mess. My second 
thought was that it might just work. Then I realized that the cooling air also 
gets pumped thru the generator.

Now I don't know what to think, but I don't think I'd be willing to do this. The 
problem is that the Gunk would just flush the dirt out of one location and 
deposit it in another. If it lands in my driveway, well that's pretty simple, but if 
it builds up in the generator and on the face of the oil cooler, then I'm not 
sure I'd be happy with the result.

Then there's the fact that some of it will get pumped thru the air passages of 
the heat exchanger and part of that will probably make it all the way inside 
the car, even if the heat is turned off.  YUCK!

-
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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