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I'd like to thank everybody for their help. Jim, the FAQ is a great source of information. Once thing that escaped, is there a concensus on the best replacement parts available? I was going to go to a local store that Greg told me about that stocks air cooled parts, but wondered if there is another source that I should get some extra sets from. With the possiblity of continuing the leak or restricting oil flow I would want to make sure I'm starting with the best available. Are there varying materials? Or am I overthinking it? LOL Thanks again. Raul 68 Squareback FI with a leaky oil cooler. :) -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 6:13 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Oil Leak! On 24 Jul 2003 at 7:50, Raul Ruiz wrote: > Hi Folks... I'm trying to diagnose the source of my oil leak and thought I > would tap the vast knowledge of the list. I degreased the engine last night > to clean things up a bit to track the source of the leak. The leak drops in > multiple places below the engine leading me to believe it was just > dispersing from the top/side somewhere. While reving the engine to about > 2000 rpm I could see the oil being forced/blown from under the oil cooler > onto the top of the engine case. Other than that, I can't see where the oil > leak is coming from. Is it the cooler itself? What are some other areas I > might want to double check. There aren't any symptoms much clearer than that. Your oil cooler seals are leaking. Either someone put the wrong seals in there, or the oil cooler bolts have loosened up, or the seals are just old and hard and aren't sealing anymore. Regardless of the exact cause you will need to pull the generator, distributor, and left side injector runners (or left carb) and then remove the upper tin on that side so you can pull the oil cooler to see exactly what the problem is. This is a fairly long job, but it's straightforward. It's doubly important that you fix this, and fix it correctly. Installing the wrong seal in there can cause the passage to be blocked which would deprive your engine of lubrication. I'm sending you my oil cooler seal FAQ. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org