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On 30 Apr 2004 at 12:23, Daniel Baum wrote: > 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. Sounds good. > 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. It may quit on its own, too, after warming up and getting everything wet again. The seal may polish the flywheel and stop leaking, but rust that formed there is more likely to wear the seal away rapidly, so you may need a replacement, and a hand polishing of the sealing surface. > Some oil seemed to have seeped out of the crankcase breather and oil > cooler. Just tiny amounts. pretty normal. > 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. Since the air cleaner is an oil bath, there is always oil inside there. If the air cleaner got tilted somewhat when it was off the car at some point, some oil could have run to one side. That's probably normal, but you might want to check the air cleaner and make sure that it hasn't been overfilled. How'd you sleep last night? Too excited? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org