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On 13 May 2004 at 20:22, Daniel Baum wrote: > The problem is I'm not sure how minor it is. When I revved the engine > with the aircleaner off, I could see the oil coming out. On the other > hand it's most likely been leaking like this since I've been driving the > car - assuming it hasn't suddently got worse - and I haven't lost a > large amount of oil. If you can see it leaking out then it's really rather large. It's possible that something has shifted a bit with the warmup cycles you've put your engine thru lately. The seals get old and hard, and it's even possible that one of them has developed a crack. It's also possible that the bolts have loosened. See if they are still tight. If they can be tightened and the leak stops, then that's fine, but if tightening doesn't change anything, or makes it worse, then you need new seals. > I would have no problem at all not driving the car for a while if this > didn't mean that I would have to go to the second-ever meeting of our > local Karmann Ghia club (of which I am the founder) in the Hyundai :~( How far is the drive? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org