Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:31:49 -0700
Reply-To: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joseph Fortino <fortino1@ONEBOX.COM>
Subject: Re: just one drip
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as i drive more and more on my 1.9, it may be getting tired
and a rebuild my be in question, since it just started getting a leak
couple inches from my drain bolt, sure i have a leaky head on the right
side, but tring to get the most out of this motor/without wrecking it.
--
Joseph Fortino
fortino1@onebox.com - email
(510) 360 -7829 voicemail/fax
---- Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> That single drip will grow,. It's a fairly easy one to change if you
> change
> your oil at the same time.
>
> 1. Drain oil
> 2. Remove oil filter
> 3. Remove threaded pipe that holds filter on, should
> be about hand tight
> after you loosen the retaining nut
> 4. Oil cooler will drop right off
> 5. Replace little hose that goes into cooler (I suspect
> the leak is there
> or at o-ring)
> 6. If you still have the original O-ring behind cooler
> REPLACE IT! I think
> there is a newer mode to it but not sure if it applies to an 85'
> 7. Replace cooler w/ new o-ring and pipe with nut
> 8. Put new oil filter on and refill engine with 4.7
> qts. (approx) of oil
> (I prefer Castrol 20-50)
> 9. You'll probably have to top off the coolant and
> bleed the system
> depending on how much you loose during the process
>
> Total time: .75 hrs my time or 2.5 weeks mechanic time @ $60/hr.
> :)
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jere
> 90 GL
> 88 GL
>
> =================
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:02:33 -0500 Kim G <ppg1@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:
> Hi List,
> I read a post yesterday about a single drip of coolant off the end
> of the
> oil filter....and a hidden S-pipe. Sometimes, my van leaves a
> single drip, and it comes right off the bottom of the oil filter, and
> it
> seems to be coming from a bolt that holds the water pump on, a little
> bit
> above the filter. But anyways, where should I look for this s-pipe
> and it
> my single drip going to be a problem? It has been having one single
> drip
> every now and then since last summer, but I would like to fix it if
> I can
> find the cause. Also, I do not have any trouble with overheating,
> or with
> the coolant level, and my van is working treat, except for marking
> it's
> territory sometimes. thanks for any info,
> Kim
> 85 GL
>
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