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On 4 Jan 2004 at 15:36, Terry Cost wrote: > Well, I'm just sick. Finally got up a good head of steam trying to get > my square roadworthy after sitting all these years, and found that my engine > has a big gouge/crack! Right in the oil gallery near the oil cooler above > the cylinder. You can see it here: > > http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/index.mv?photo+134696.jpg I don't think this is really a crack. This is just an area where the upper shroud tin rubbed against the case and wore away some of the casting. I seriously doubt if it has gone deep enough to do real harm, but I would bend the tin slightly so that it doesn't rub any more. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org