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• Type IV oil in bellhousing :(
  Historical mailing list - Wouter de Waal
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 15:49:02 +0200 (SAT)
  ...Could the oil return hole (into the crankcase) be blocked? 4. Could too much (or too little, but I doubt that) oil in the...
• Extra oil burning
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Apr 94 19:25:24 EDT
  I just went from MA to CA in my '85 Vanagon It seems to not like extra crankcase oil. That is, it tends to...
• Re: is engine removed to change crankcase seal
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:58:58 -0600
  ...I've got a heavy oil leak on my 85 westy that appears to be from the crankcase seal above the oil pump. This...
• Oil breather "thing"
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:57:28 -0700
  It seems the oil breather right angle thing (PCVish looking thing) on my 1980 westy in not sealing to the crankcase. This is the...
• Re: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 02:11:28 -0400
  ...Motor oil needs to be heated up to remove condenation and acids which if left in the crankcase will eat bearings and other surfaces...
• Re: Nasty intake pics
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 17:29:58 -0400
  ...Probably a problem with the crankcase ventilation tower. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ in statu viae ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI...
• Distributor question
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:26:57 -0500
  ...Does anyone have a method to extract the distributor drive from out of the crankcase other than using the Bentley recommended tool. This is...
• Re: State of the art in engine swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 21:24:34 -0400
  ...Yes, mine will only serve as a core or rebuild candidate with 158,000 miles, but no holes in the crankcase from untimely released...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:44:53 EST
  ...oil to compensate for the mmo? >> Dave, Your engine has a specified MAXIMUM crankcase capacity. Do you think that you should exceed this? George
• Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 1 May 2012 19:35:22 -0400
  So while cleaning the breather tower it came apart in my hands! There are elliptical surfaces on the inner piece and in the outer...
• Re: Do I need a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:52:36 -0400
  ...In this case, the crankcase breather tube was collapsed causing that air to be forced out elsewhere. Very little oil, but when atomized got...
• Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:51:32 EDT
  In a message dated 9/12/06 10:49:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jmayrand@METROCAST.NET writes: > How about one of those screw...
• Re: ( four bent valves) fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:43:48 -0500
  ...I always run Marvel Mystery Oil in the crankcase after I've done an initial engine / crankcase purge with gunk engine cleaner. Many times...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:18:12 -0600
  ...Several experts warned me to make sure the cooler was at crankcase level or lower so the oil level in the crankcase was accurate...
• Re: Transmission Oil Additives
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 06 May 1997 09:31:05 -0500
  ...Magee 87GL Prolong in Crankcase/Autobox/Diff Kemah TX USA
• My toughest Vanagon problem yet finally solved!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:15:24 -0800
  ...Air was leaking into the crankcase (and getting sucked into the intake manifold as unmeasured air though the crankcase ventilation system) around a hardened...
• RE: Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 01 Aug 1995 13:40:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...May also have to do with worn rings, and a lot of crankcase blow-by? I suspect that oil comes out the breather tube...
• Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:27:34 +0000
  Hi Matt, There's a beefy O ring between the cooler and the crankcase flange that may be leaking. The original O ring may...
• Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:28:09 -0400
  Several people have suggested vacuum. You might be able to use that in conjunction with pressure, either from air (low pressure, high flow or...
• Re: 2.1L WBX intake plug question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:47:12 -0400
  ...transplant/Example_Pics/harness_question.jpg If that's for the crankcase ventilation hose heater, you probably haven't got one. -- David Beierl - Providence...
• Re: Interesting problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:31:23 -0700
  ...Anyways, the hose that connects the crankcase breather > valve to the intake was completely busted through. The pipe was > flattened and rotten & there was...
• Re: Best case sealing glue???
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 20:50:01 -0500
  ...Wood) writes: > >What is the best case sealing glue to use when mating the crankcase? >Does Permatex make any? I heard something about Permatex...
• Re: Gas in Crankcase
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:09:42 -0500
  Stick a fork in her, she is done. Sounds like the motor is so worn out that the gas is getting past the rings...
• Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy, Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - Fonni Chang
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 19:04:34 EDT
  ...I have just flushed the engine and now have the Marvel Mystery oil in the crankcase to further clean up the carbon deposit. After...
• Re: breather hose sensor thingie
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:04:01 -0600
  ...86, with some kind of sensor thing that attatches to the > crankcase > breather hose, with a 2-wire connector on it. The part number...
• Long travel until clutch starts catching?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:39:44 -0800
  ...Ya know, this is all because I replaced the muffler and crankcase breather hose. She just can't let me be :) john
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:19:16 -0700
  ...But it seems there was a retrofit of sorts to add the crankcase breather heater onto the same circuit. The vin of my van...
• Re: 81 CA air cooled won't idle...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:39:52 -0500
  ...big vacuum leak; and related to this - although not personally familiar with '81 air cooled - if there is a positive crankcase ventilation system, too...
• Re: Double T Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 14:55:50 -0700
  ...They have an '85 with full crankcase ventalation that may still have it. Jim
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:28:29 -0700
  ...so crankcase blowby can not be introduced right into the intake manifold like it can on an NA diesel engine or a gasoline engine...
• idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:31:08 -0400
  ...oriented so as to stop a front fire from entering the crankcase, and modified not to close at high blow-by pressures - but always...
• Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:49:54 -0500
  ...Air distributor, cylinders,crankcase, air filter. Mopped up and opened everything up for a solid week. Bought a new ECU from Ken@ Van-again...
• TAPPING SOUND
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:57:06 -0700
  ...I added about a quart of Marvel to the crankcase, and the rest in the gas tank, took it out for a ride, and...
• Re: Oil light comes up, 1.9 engine
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:10:12 -0800
  ...all. > Zoltan > I've seen this happen at both low and high RPMs when there was too much oil in the crankcase. Michael Snow
• new Update Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:21:04 -0700
  ...crankcase pressure enough > that the seal can't prevent oil leakage there... > > running with the dipstick pulled up a half inch so crankcase > pressure...
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:27:53 -0400
  If you are getting enough air through the engine crankcase to effect the idle, you have a problem. Blow by should have little effect...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:12:11 -0500
  ...eveyone's amusement: >> >> Would there be a benefit to draining the crankcase >> of oil, filling with >> mineral spirits, letting it soak for a few...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:24:46 -0400
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' >made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near >the air filter...
• Re: dipstick tube on 2.1 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 21:58:20 -0400
  ...As this dipstick tube enters the crankcase just above the 'max.' line on the dip-stick, yes you have the potential to lose a...
• noisy lifter: Marvel mystery oil??
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:12:37 -0600
  ...Well I bought it and the clatter stopped almost immediately even though I didn't put any MMO into the crankcase. So, please refresh...
• Re: Whats it called??
  Historical mailing list - "by way of David Beierl "
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:31:05 -0400
  In a message dated 7/22/2008 11:02:28 PM Central Daylight Time, dbeierl@attglobal.net writes: >Crankcase ventilation (black tower rising from...
• Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:41:46 -0500
  ...It had a ring of crankcase metal around it near the head end. Ok, so it's not the end of the world. He...
• Re: friday - home made rosin flux
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:55:33 -0700
  I noticed on my spare intake plenum, the fat thing after the throttle body, that there is brazing on the crankcase vent intake line...
• Re: air blowing into coolant truth and/or consequences
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:57:53 -0400
  ...Glycol in the crankcase both dilutes the engine oil and it is extremely corrosive to the bearings. So to keep running this way will...
• Re: breather tower
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 19 Jan 2019 20:10:39 -0700
  ...BTW the crankcase and engine oil can over heat even with the coolant temperature indicating all is normal. Enough speed and load or over...
• Re: 10w40 evils?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 1994 10:59:16 -0700
  ...Of course, they sell it at a premium price and they are the only available source once it's in the crankcase. I complained...
• Re: Do I need a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:30:14 -0700
  ...In this case, the crankcase breather tube was collapsed causing that air to be forced out elsewhere. Very little oil, but when atomized got...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 May 2004 06:39:35 -0500
  ...While driving my 82 diesel > vanagon, antifreeze started pouring out of the crankcase. The leak is > coming from one of the three sealed ports...
• Re: vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:36:38 -0500
  ...Yu may be able to rig the breather so that it goes high enough for the liquid oil to return to the crankcase. You...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:29:33 EST
  ...due to the high fuel pressure and gotten down into the crankcase and diluted the oil. The breather fumes were gas laden going into...
• vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sant
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:24:37 -0800
  ...I am second guessing it! So, when I bought it, the seller had messed with the main crankcase breather hose and smaller hoses that...
• Re: Warming the oil in cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 2 Jan 2016 15:04:46 -0800
  ...The vws had a circular thing > under the centre of the crankcase. They also had a "battery blanket" > to keep the battery warm. Vanagons...
• Re: Oil plug stripped, fix needed
  Historical mailing list - John Clavin
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 16:39:05 -0500
  ...The inserts have a small collar on them so they seat tight and nearly flush with the crankcase. I had one of these in...
• GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 21:13:12 -0600
  ...The engine still had the GEX paint and stickers on the crankcase. This engine was a piece of junk to put it mildly. If...
• How-to do very simple compression leak check
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 09:49:51 EDT
  ...Unhook the rubber hose coming from the crankcase vent "tower". 3. Crank the engine over using your handy remote starter (or an assitant if...
• Re: chronic valve tapping
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:45:45 -0500
  Brad, Try this simple fix (maybe) Dump a pint of Marvelous Mystery Oil into your crankcase. I would almost bet within a day or...
• Not breathing right
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 20 May 2001 16:08:34 -0600
  ...I have disconnected the crankcase breather inlet, and aux air valve at the elbow but I still don't get what I consider good...
• Re: Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:02:01 +1000
  ...Diesel Performance > >Anyone who thinks they need more diesel performance should check this out. > >Steps leading to the crankcase, what a concept!!!!! > >http://www...
• Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:23:43 EDT
  In a message dated 9/12/06 10:09:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, trclark@SHAW.CA writes: > OK so my thought now is...
• Re: leakdown test
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:52:54 -0400
  ...Some of the air is going to leak between the ring gap into the crankcase. Leave the cap off the fill tank and only...