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• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:04:06 -0700
  ...The floating oil will collect in the top of the main tank and when the coolant warms up and expands the oil will be...
• Leaking Gas Tank and Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Justin Gordon
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 14:42:54 -0800
  ...If I fill that the tank all the way, I end up loosing a quarter tank of gas. Also, I've had an oil...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:33:25 -0700
  I got my present oil catch tank from my FLAPS. Like my old one (for the 71 aircooled bus) it lays flat and has...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:15:32 -0500
  ...I deal with draining the oil by using a flat oil draining catch tank I got at Walmart. It is black, flat, and has...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:41:51 -0500
  ---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I got my present oil catch tank from my FLAPS. Like my old one (for the...
• Re: oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 11:32:38 -0500
  ...Which coolant tank? If oil is getting into cooling system, 95 percent chance the oil cooler is bad. Have it tested. Replace if needed...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:42:30 -0400
  ...the kid checked the oil, saw it low, and dumped oil into the overflow tank instead of the oil filler. They are right next...
• Oil cooler (was oil in coolant)
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:27:20 -0600
  Well, I wrote last week that I found some oil on my coolant cap and a ring of oil in the coolant tank (the...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:40:08 -0400
  I would bet on someone put oil in the overflow tank on the trip. Easy mistake for the youngsters. Even if the engine pumped...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:13:35 -0500
  ...The floating oil will collect in the top of the > main tank and when the coolant warms up and expands the oil will be...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:58:48 -0700
  ...My overflow tank is full of oil!!! > Just went to check the fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Doug
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:49:06 -0700
  ...My overflow tank is full of oil!!! > Just went to check the fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main...
• Heat/Hot Showers Cheap!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:03:24 -0400
  ...If the tank was high enough above the oil cooler then thermo-siphoning should be possible, just bring one pipe well up into the...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:46:23 -0800
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. �Only driven about...
• Re: Oil slick in expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:57:21 -0400
  ...I then saw a little oil slick in the > expansion tank . What does this mean ? ? -- TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc...
• Re: Here is a source of biodiesel fuel
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:47:36 -0400
  ...200 gallons of heating oil in their basement tank? The point of biodiesel is not to have restaurant waste oil power everybody, but to...
• oil in coolant
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 09 Mar 1996 19:57:13
  Today I noticed a small amount of oil floating in the overflow tank of my '87 Vanagon. I checked the other coolant tank and...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:34:29 -0500
  ...gas tank cover loose! James Ottawa, ON Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:26:01 -0600 From: ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET Subject: Re: Oil pressure...
• My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:27:47 -0500
  Just went to check the fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. The main tank looks like it has oil in...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:44:29 -0500
  ...tank in my motor home? How about people > filling their home heating oil tanks? Now here is an opportunity for > waste or vegetable oil...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:13:31 -0400
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:35:23 -0400
  Want to fill the 100 gallon tank in my motor home? How about people filling their home heating oil tanks? Now here is an...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 18:48:42 -0800
  >| << Just one question: >| Where does one access the oil dip stick and the coolant fill bottle with >| these? >| Disappointingly on the Eurospec conversion one...
• 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: oil additive to clean engine
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 20 May 2011 05:43:28 -0400
  ...Drive the vehicle without stressing the engine until the fuel tank is nearly empty. Drain the oil, change the filter and fill with fresh...
• Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 08:19:30 -0400
  ...black gunk in the coolant tank >might be oil. but WHICH tank? the leftmost or the >rightmost? if in the rightmost (behind the license...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:43:09 -0400
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Re: Forcing a rusty propane tank knob
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:57:56 -0500
  ...the tank. If this is possible it might allow you to salvage the valve. Still would want to soak it with penetrating oil first...
• Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 9 May 2000 19:45:35 EDT
  ...And possibly an expansion tank. I plan to also add a thermostatic control of some sort so as to not overcool the oil. >> HUH...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:04:42 -0800
  ...tank in my motor home? How about people > > filling their home heating oil tanks? Now here is an opportunity for > > waste or vegetable oil...
• Re: OIL FILTERS?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:42:00 -0700
  ...by the gas tank. Yet another in a very, very long list of "testimonials" for not going to a "quickie" oil change place. Repeat...
• Re: Here is a source of biodiesel fuel
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:12:22 -0700
  ...these tanks for grilling(hope there > were never any pcb in any of the oil) at area events.Just tow your storage > tank to...
• Marvelous! Mysterious! But what's wrong with my engine?
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 21:35:22 EDT
  ...despite the improved gas mileage, I did eventually use up that tank of gas, and filled up again, this time without the Mystery Oil...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:32:41 EDT
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Oil in coolent
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:54 -0700
  Hi I've got oil in the coolent.. 1/2" floating in both plastic coolent tanks. I searched the archives and got 1) leaking...
• Re: grease in lp regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:45:02 -0400
  ...When I took the tank off my '84 for cleaning and painting, there was a quantity (few tablespoons maybe?) of extremely smelly oil in...
• Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:57:25 -0400
  ...black gunk in the coolant tank > >might be oil. but WHICH tank? the leftmost or the > >rightmost? if in the rightmost (behind the license...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:18:06 -0400
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. >The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Re: Marvelous! Mysterious! But what's wrong with my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 23:29:08 -0500
  ...despite the improved gas mileage, I did eventually use up that >tank of gas, and filled up again, this time without the Mystery Oil...
• Re: need help, oil in coolant (bit long)
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 17:56:45 -0800
  ...The oil level is fine as the amount of oil in the refill tank is still pretty small. Has anyone on the list ever...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:43:50 -0400
  ...European gasoline $$$$$$$$$ Want to fill the 100 gallon tank in my motor home? How about people filling their home heating oil tanks? Now here...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:14:02 -0700
  ...My overflow tank is full of oil!!! To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 7:59 AM Ken, So ideally if...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:44:41 -0500
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. > The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. �Only driven about...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:10:19 -0500
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of >>> oil. >>> The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:24:11 -0500
  ...Opened the expansion tank and it was a little > > > warm but all blue. Stuck a stick in there and no oil on the stick...
• Re: Leaking Gas Tank and Oil Leaks
  Historical mailing list - s2
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:16:59 -0800
  ...Leaking Gas Tank and Oil Leaks >Are there any easy fixes for a leaking gas tank? The tank seems to leak near >the place...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:21:09 -0500
  ...fluids and my overflow coolant tank is full of oil. >> The main tank looks like it has oil in it also. Only driven about...
• Re: Oil change intervals, fuel milage increased!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 02:24:55 EDT
  ...All mechanics that service cars say that oil should be changed every 3500 miles together with the oil filter. Is this simply providing more...
• Re: My overflow tank is full of oil!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:34:54 -0700
  ...My overflow tank is full of oil!!! To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Monday, March 23, 2009, 8:24 AM Since the oil was...
• RE: Oil Temps, Coolers, and pumps, separated circuits?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 10:27:39 EST
  ...one to scavenge the sump and put the oil in the (nine-quart) oil tank, the other to pressurize oil from the oil tank...
• Here is a source of biodiesel fuel
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:21:27 -0700
  ...these tanks for grilling(hope there were never any pcb in any of the oil) at area events.Just tow your storage tank to...
• Re: Oil slick in expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - DAVID MOST
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:12:56 -0700
  ...I topped off the main tank (never really figured out why this was a littlw low) and saw the oil slick in the expansion...
• Re: broccoli confusion (WAY OT)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:48:51 -0800
  ...I used to steal heating oil from the tank in the basement. Started the car on gas (from a one gallon tank in the...
• Re: WVO Conversion for an '82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:48:17 -0700
  Waste Vegetable Oil Basically filtered, used cooking oil from restaurants. Mike Miller wrote: > What's WVO? > > > On 6/26/08 4:25 PM, "Neil2...
• Re: Stale gasoline in fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:52:49 -0800
  ...Stale gasoline in fuel tank > You do not want to mix gasoline with oil. Worst of both worlds from a fire > potential. Easy to...
• Re: biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:27:46 -0400
  That is possible with a two tank system and as long as the oil is maintained at a temperature of about 170 f so...
• Re: European gasoline $$$$$$$$$
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:35:58 -0700
  ...tank in my > motor home? How about people > > > filling their home heating oil tanks? Now > here is an opportunity for > > > waste or vegetable oil...
• Re: Stale gasoline in fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:46:16 -0500
  ...Stale gasoline in fuel tank sneak it into your old engine drain oil a qt or two at a time. old used gas is...
• Oil in the coolant
  Historical mailing list - Drew Bedford
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 12:56:53 -0700
  For the first time I have an oil slick in my coolant tank. Anybody encountered this symptom before? Drew Bedford 83.5 Westy Park...
• Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:30:02 -0500
  Hello all, My '82 Vanagon diesel has what appears to be oil in the coolant expansion tank. Any thoughts on it's origin? Could...