Re: [T3] Leak

["Dave Hall" <dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk>]

You may find the flywheel seal will improve, but if it's only a few drips even
when running, just keep an eye on the oil level.

> Weirdly, there was oil on the left hand carb. My only theory is that it
> must have somehow come out of the air cleaner. The inside of the air
> cleaner is oily, which I suppose confirms this. I have no idea what
> could have caused this.
>
Oil tends to creep, over a long time.  Also, as you take it out, it's a bit of a
tight fit so may have been tilted a bit.  I get a bit of oil in the air channels
on mine - a bit of upper cylinder lubrication can't hurt much, and may even help
a bit (don't want too much hard carbon left up there though)!

> Other stuff: One carb's choke was stuck open. This obviously caused an
> imbalance when I first started the engine. I'll fix it whan I get around
> to it.
>
Mine was too when I looked the other day.  You don't think there's some
collusion here?  What frequency does your Type 34 use?  ;-)

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Leak


> Jim Adney wrote:
> > On 29 Apr 2004 at 23:39, Daniel Baum wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Since I wrote my last message, I went and had a whiff of GL-5 and ATF, and I
> >>actually think that the leak smells more like ATF+crud that GL-5+crud. I'll
> >>still open up the diff hole, just in case.
> >
> >
> > ATF is much more likely, and that may actually stop once you've driven it a
bit
> > and warmed everything up.
> >
>
> This morning I went out and had a good look at what's left of the car
> after yesterday's long drive:
>
> The leak is _definitely_ not GL-5, thank goodness. I opened it up and
> clean oil dribbled out. It's well up to the mark.
>
> Both ATF and engine oil were somewhat down. I topped up the ATF. When I
> started the engine I noticed it making another little puddle, so I put a
> white board under it. All I caught was a couple of drops of engine oil,
> leading me to believe that possibly both ATF and engine oil are leaking.
> I suppose this means I need a new main oil seal. Frankly I don't fancy
> doing this myself, and I rather like the idea of paying someone else to
> do it, so maybe next time I visit my new-found garage, I'll have it done.
>

> Some oil seemed to have seeped out of the crankcase breather and oil
> cooler. Just tiny amounts.
>
> That's it, I think. Other than that, it seems to have come out unscathed.
>
>
> Daniel
>
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