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Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:15:45 -0500
...I have an oil pressure gauge >>>>> and >>>>> oil temp gauge along with an external oil cooler so I should get warned >>>>> quickly of any...
Re: Oil Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Thu, 2 May 2019 12:06:58 -0400
...We use a sandwich adapter which goes > between > > your oil filter and where it mounts. You unscrew your oil filter, screw > > this sandwich unit...
Re: Motor oil - Re: [VANAGON] Spooked!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:49:13 -0400
The Mobil 1, 15w-50 is still a high zinc oil according to its marketing and spec sheet. At 100C it has a higher...
Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
Historical mailing list - Dan Aldrich
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:32:57 -0500
...Gradual switch to synthetic oil? > > >> Anyone thought of dealing with the perceived notion of switching to >> synthetic oil by first going to a "blend...
Re: Oil cooler upgrade for WBX 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:14:40 -0800
...Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> > >What is overheating? The coolant or the oil. This will do nothing to >lower the water temp and the...
Re: oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Mon, 7 May 2007 23:02:49 -0400
...I had the engine run for a while without oil pressure. Only after pouring oil into that hole and restarted the engine the pump...
Re: Synthetic Oil
Historical mailing list - All of Us
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:17:25 -0500
...I change the oil every 6,000 miles. I do, however, change the oil filter every 3,000 miles and use only the correct...
Re: More myth -- heater blowers aren't worth fixing
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:30:16 -0600
I was introduced to the wonders of Marvel Mystery Oil back in my aviation days. Worked as an aircraft mechanic for Southern Airways - a...
Vangon Fan Housing
Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
Mon, 1 Aug 1994 15:11:18 -0400 (EDT)
...The engine has an aux oil cooler with electric fan but oil pressure will not exceed 30 psi at speed when hot (air temp...
Re: Problem w/temp gauge
Historical mailing list
Tue, 18 Jul 1995 02:14:36 -0400
...I believe this is due to the 6 >inch nipple I had to use - at idle the oil is not getting up there !? >If...
Re: question of oil level (II)
Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
Sat, 1 Oct 94 21:54:05 PDT
> > (Continued) >Hastily, in the > darkness and rain, I convinced myself that the oil level on the dip- > stick was low, -- too low. > Certainly understandable...
Re: Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Gary A Meek
Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:20:18 -0600
...So all the oil consumption was due to oil going past the rings. There was no carbon fouling of the rings. One piston was...
Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:45:50 -0500
...I crawled under the engine and noticed that the oil was coming out of from between the oil cooler and the engine block. Last...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:38:12 -0700
...Jim On Mar 23, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Jeremy Stovin wrote: > Well, changed the oil. Used Valvoline Max 20w-50, and. Fram filter...
Re: Was Motor Oil (Synthetic), now Ail Filters
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:55:06 -0500
Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > VW used oil bath air cleaners up through the 1972 model year. Even the > twin carb 1.7L...
Re: 20W50 Castorl Engine Oil
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:15:37 -0400
...The transmission and differential share the same oil. The differential gears are hypoid gears. Hypoid gears have sliding contact and require hypoid gear lube...
TIICo - engine oil cooler and gauges
Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 14:55:16 -0400
Any of you TIICo-ites thought about installing an aux plate-type oil cooler? Any ideas on how to do so? I was thinking...
? Cleaning Crusty Oil from Nicklel Plated Bike Frame?
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:11:36 EDT
I want to clean some baked-on motor oil which is on a nickel plated bike frame. The oil drip (English parallel twin, of...
Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sun, 13 May 2012 22:21:00 -0400
FROM THE OIL BIBLE: Using Diesel oil for flushing A question came up some time ago about using diesel-rated oils to flush out...
Re: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 Aug 2010 23:33:40 -0400
There are a number of synthetic 20w-50 oils out there. Oil analysis has shown that 7,500 miles on Mobil 1 is no...
Re: Fwd: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:02:17 -0800
...the main areas are bell housing/clutch/starter exhaust brackets engine mounting system oil pan/oil pump.. ...( including an oil filler tube and dipstick...
Re: Oil Temperature??
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:41:12 -0600
...Oil Temperature?? > > I have a 91 2.1 WBX that just turned 300K miles on this past trip to FL. > The oil pressure is...
Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 19:45:13 -0700
...Bob Swepco oil is blue. I don't know of any other gear oil that is blue. But what I don't know would...
Re: Small Oil Leak 91GL
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:59:51 -0400
The seal above the oil cooler will never re-seal after being disturbed. It quckly becomes hard and flat. get a new one. It...
Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:45:00 -0400
Doug in Calif wrote: >Well, >Its obvious which side of the argument I am in here. >I say spend those extra oil dollars on...
Re: Best Oil Viscosity? Slow leaky Heads
Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:00:02 -0600
...Best Oil Viscosity? Slow leaky Heads > > I had a problem this summer in NYC where the oil light was going on at idle, > > replaced...
Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:56:33 -0500
...Is this an external oil cooler, or is it a repair/replacement for the small factory oil cooler? I have a ten cent life...
Re: oil level question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 13 Jul 1995 12:13:21 -0400
...When is the proper time to >check the oil, when it is cold or after it has been running for awhile??? When cold, check...
Re: Hard starting when cold????
Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:54:46 -0800
...Hard starting when cold???? >another possibility is oil. yup. with the oil so cold, the >hydraulic lifters might be shrunk,and not opening the...
Re: Oil Buzzer advice
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:39:21 -0400
...No oil buzzer > • 20w50 and Mahle? filters. > > So, one might ask “Where there any unusual events that might trigger this > sudden oil pressure light...
Re: HELP: '67 Deluxe Saga - Vaporlocking? (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:00:47 -0500 (CDT)
...I have no knowledge of oil pressure/RPM. > >Would this be low enough that the oil would not be circulating >through the oil cooler...
Re: Oil leak - '91 Carat - 2'1L
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Sat, 20 Dec 2014 23:00:34 -0600
Or oil pressure sending unit. GregM -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Haynes Sent: Saturday...
Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:06:08 -0700
...I have no > trouble accessing or removing the oil filter. mcneely I'm not saying it's undoable, just that it's kind of...
Re: Gas in Diesel
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
2 Jul 1996 13:21:38 -0700
...Kerosene Aviation Jet fuel Heating oil The problem of using a mix of gasoline and motor oil is that the very presence of any...
Re: oil pressure vs. oil temp gauge?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 8 Jun 1996 09:09:46 -0500
...question is...hmm, which one? wouldn't an oil pressure gauge be better? >if the pressure is going down, then wouldn't that mean...
Re: Mobil 1 oil change interval
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 2 Jun 2004 21:33:17 -0400
...Mobil 1 oil change interval > > >>Hey List, >> Today I changed my Castrol GTX 10w-40 (dino) winter oil >>for Mobil 1 >>15W-50 full...
Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:21:14 -0400
If it's only in the overflow tank that sure sounds to me more like someone accidentally added oil there. Allan On Mon, 23...
Re: Stop Leak for minor oil leaks?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:57:11 -0400
Most oil stop leaks rely on softening and swelling the seals. This generally does not work on the VW. Since the leak has not...
Marvel Mystery Oil; CD-2 Oil Detergent- Additives
Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:23:41 PDT
Out of curiosity, I have been experimenting with adding these two additives to my gas and oil respectively. I really wasn't expecting much...
Re: Oil Light
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 8 Aug 2006 18:17:55 -0500
...Others will no doubt chime in with alternatives that work as well, but the point is to NOT use the wrong oil in a...
Re: Synthetic Oil?
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Wed, 17 May 2000 12:27:53 -0400
VW is using 0w30 synthetic oil in all its 2000 model vehicles that have the oil monitoring system in europe. In a synthetic this...
Re: Trasco oil filter system
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:56:07 -0800
...Trasco oil filter system > > << The Trasco oil filter system does such a good job that it only > requires an oil change only every 10...
Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 18 May 2003 20:40:17 -0400
...Oil Leaks due to Synthetics > How about those of you that have actually switched to synthetic oils > reporting on whether you did or did...
Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:25:31 -0800
I don't have a lot of oil in the covers when I open them. But I also found that unless I take longer...
Re: oil in gas
Historical mailing list - Rich Burdick
Fri, 12 Mar 1999 12:35:13 -0700
... Later, I went out and checked the oil before taking the van for a test drive. It smelled like gas so I drained some...
Re: Overfilling the oil issues
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 22 May 2011 19:32:12 -0400
The only way for engine oil to get between the engine and transmission is the flywheel, (crankshaft)seal, the flywheel coming loose, the camshaft...
Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:52:42 -0700
...Strategy for low-mess oil drain. > | > |(Number 287 In A Continuing Series Of Knucklehead Questions) > | > |I used to change the oil in my aircooled...
Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:09:31 -0500
...I have replaced the oil cooler seal, oil pump seal and oil filler tube gasket.. when i did this it appeared that the main...
Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:02:20 -0700
...I should have done a parking lot oil change against my wife's wishes. Oil Can Henry's only allows for filling to the...
Re: oil pressure gauge and temp gauge
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 19 May 2020 08:50:41 -0700
...If your oil pressure is above a >> certain value, the oil pressure "gauge" goes to the middle and everything >> looks fine. When oil pressure...
Re: [TDI-conversion] What is the best location for an external oil cooler?
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 25 May 2006 15:23:17 EDT
David, On the issue of external oil cooler placement, I addressed this at length for my various conversions including the 1.8L gas digifant...
Re: Fw: Diesel - too much oil saga
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:04:36 -0700
...the new gopher was tasked with doing an oil change on a Karmann Ghia. After he was done, he drove the Ghia around front...
Re: Westy Oil light flickers briefly
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:16:34 -0700
...I thought that he should try changing the oil to the synthetic oil as a first attempt to fix the oil flicker since it...
Re: Bus Boys Oil Cooler Kit. .
Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
Sat, 24 Aug 2013 23:14:23 -0700
...At low engine speeds oil > cooling is usually not needed. The oil will follow the coolant temperature. > > For the 2.1L engines there is...
Re: Engine oil
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:02:48 -0700
...Don’t know what to say about the non uniform looking oil you mention. I’ve just noted a bit of oil pressure increase...
Re: A tiny overfill of oil -- enough to worry about?
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 12 May 2014 12:04:41 -0500
...A tiny overfill of oil -- enuff to worry about? > > > > 1.9L, with a tencentlife oil cooler setup. > > > > I changed the oil today, as I...
Re: oil cooler
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Thu, 28 May 2020 20:01:17 +0000
I have one of Chris's oil coolers. The best part of the installation was the step-by-step instructions. They were perfect. I...
Re: 1.9L Woes....
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:31:06 -0700
...Check the August archives for "how to throw a rod" for my sad tale regarding oil lights, oil pressure, and rods. Cheapest fix: install...
Re: Oil leak
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:30:51 -0800
...Oil leak > My 1st '87 Vanagon was only $500 because of a catastrophic oil leak. I saw > that it was the oil cooler o...
Re: Any advise on timing of an oil change before or after winter storage
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 9 Oct 2021 14:38:56 -0600
...My Jettas were "never" (my quotes because no VW ever held oil > for that long) supposed to undergo transmission oil or transmission fluid > changes...