oil leak

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

No, no, Cathy...stock (16v).
And, yes, that was it, just as you described.(only I had ONE nut, on the threaded pipe) 
But the AC lines were blocking access to the coolant fittings (on the "box shaped thing") , and the easiest way to pull those fittings was to remove the compressor... 
Removing all the ancillary stuff allowed me to inspect and clean things while I was in there and already dirty.
How did you get to the coolant lines?  Do you not have AC?

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: C Boyko 
  To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 7:49 PM
  Subject: Re: oil leak


  Then what the hell was the O ring I replaced? I didn't pull all that stuff 
  off, just the filter and the box shaped thing above it, some threaded rod 
  and a few nuts to get it off. Yours has a fancy aftermarket one I take it? 
  Mine was a pretty easy fix.
  Cathy


  >From: "L F" <rocco16v@netzero.net>
  >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>,<scas660@netzero.com>
  >Subject: Re: oil leak
  >Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 08:01:42 -0800
  >
  >Interesting.  My 16v finally broke the oil cooler-to-block adapter O-ring 
  >on Tuesday. (It had been leaking for a month)
  >  Large puddle in my drive and a tell-tale oil trail going about 1/2 mile 
  >to where the oil pressure light started blinking and the buzzer sounded 
  >off, telling me to check my oil pressure gage which said 'zero'.  (gage was 
  >reading normal when I pulled out of the driveway)
  >Uh-oh.
  >
  >Make u-ey, coast home ( 90%downhill ), replace O-ring. Replace oil and 
  >coolant. All is well.
  >Note: To remove the oil cooler you have to first:
  >remove alternator
  >remove AC compressor
  >remove PS pump pulley
  >(did I already go through this scenario here?)
  >remove coolant lines
  >
  >The old O-ring was hard-like-plastic.  No wonder it let go.
  >
  >You should have received warning of low oil before significant damage 
  >occured.  But you didn't, and a "clanking" noise sounds terminal.  Wish 
  >there were better news....
  >  (The "good" news: only took one hour to remove all the junk and 1.5 hours 
  >to replace.)
  >Advice to others who go through this: have new belts handy if the old ones 
  >are even close to needing replacing.
  >
  >Larry
  >   ----- Original Message -----
  >   From: scas660@netzero.com
  >   To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
  >   Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 5:09 AM
  >   Subject: oil leak
  >
  >
  >
  >   Please help
  >
  >   My 86 scirocco (16V) has been running great until yesterday when I 
  >started it up and heard some fairly loud clanking noises. I looked under 
  >the hood and the noise was obvioulsy coming from the head area ("oh crap I 
  >think I blew my valves" was may first thought) then I looked under the car 
  >and saw a small puddle of oil and oil that spattered all around the oil 
  >filter area. Next I checked out the dip stick and hardly any oil was on it 
  >at all. Anybody know what this is all about? Is the oil cooler near that 
  >area and might that be the problem? I don't think I drove it in this 
  >condition long - I only noticed the sound yesterday - could there be severe 
  >damage? In NY there's snow around and its cold (I don't have a garage nor 
  >do I want to bring it to a shop if I don't have to)
  >
  >   Thanks for any help - Steve
  >
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