RE: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.

["Cox, Wiley" <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>]

	Okay, how about... The oil pan drain bolt isn't screwed in
tight, and when THAT seal shrank, it leaked out?  Since that bolt is
supposed to be the lowest point in the pan...

-WileyC


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Aaron D. Patton [SMTP:apatton1@airmail.net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, January 05, 1999 3:11 PM
> To:	Cox, Wiley; 'Chris'; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject:	Re: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.  
> 
> Unless the car had WAY too much oil in it when it was stored this
> would not
> happen.
> My advice is to check and see where the "oil" is coming from.  Engine
> oil,
> tranny gear lube, pwr steering fluid?  Find that out and go from
> there.
> 
> Aaron
> '79 Scirocco S - FOR SALE (in Dallas, Texas)
> '93 Corrado SLC
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Cox, Wiley <Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com>
> To: 'Chris' <bodenlos@ucsub.Colorado.EDU>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:01 PM
> Subject: RE: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.
> 
> 
> > How about, it got REAL cold, and the gasket on the oil pan
> >shrank enough to allow the oil out, and then it heated back up enough
> to
> >seal the gap again?  Always check the simplest (cheapest) possible
> >problems first.
> >
> >-WileyC
> >1984 Red 8v
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Chris [SMTP:bodenlos@ucsub.Colorado.EDU]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 2:51 PM
> >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Subject: Oil Leak/2.0 Conv.
> >>
> >> My 16v is covered and parked in my roomate's driveway in Colorado
> >> while I'm home for Christmas. On the phone, she mentioned that my
> car
> >> had
> >> leaked a *lot* of oil on her driveway, and then stopped leaking. My
> >> car
> >> doesn't leak oil, so I'm assuming the worst. It got extremely cold
> >> after I
> >> left, and nobody has been driving it. I can't think of too many
> things
> >> that would cause all of my oil to leak out except possibly a
> cracked
> >> block, or broken freeze bolts. Any ideas?
> >> If it is the block, what's involved in replacing it with a 16v
> >> 2.0 block? I think this may have been discussed recently, but..
> >>
> >> Chris Bodenlos
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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