Re: [T3] Oil leak mystery

["Dave Campen" <dave@campen.eurobell.co.uk>]

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From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
> > > 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.
>
> > > 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.
>
I hope people didn't think I was suggesting doing this with the engine
running. I've been bitten too many times to do that again....

If the only mess in the fan housing is oil, it should be able (with the
aformentioned Gunk) to run out of the small drain hole at the bottom of the
FH. Of course this idea goes a bit adrift if the fan has pulled in loads of
dust which has mixed with the oil to make a paste. If the dust was a
problem, I'd also be a bit concerned that it would build up on the cylinder
fins, reducing the cooling as well.

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