On Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:33 PM, TobinCopley<tobin.copley@UBC.CA>
wrote:
> Blew something in my diesel vanagon yesterday, and lost nearly all
> our oil in just a few seconds, coating the engine compartment ...
> - Hard to determine the source of oil ... my guess is oil was coming from
> the oil filter area. ... Removing the
> oil filter did not reveal any obvious splits in filter.  Filter still
> full of oil.

Another possibility is the oil pressure sensor on the head, facing the
front of the vehicle.  This could split and spray sideways to coat the
right side of the engine area.

Maynard
'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
'93 EV GL "Klinger"
'00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
'84 Jetta GL TD