For what it's worth, even my old worn smoky diesel didn't leak any
significant amount of oil, so I doubt that blow-by is your problem.  How
many miles are on that engine?  Does it smoke?

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 'Ol Bessie  '82TD Westy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Philip Krueger
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:08 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: vanagon troubles

I'm writing to see if anyone with expertise can help me.  I have an 82'
Westy
diesel that I love and runs like a top.  However, about a month ago I
was
changing the oil with the belly pan off and noticed several oil pan
bolts
missing and the rest pretty loose.  I considered myself lucky, replaced
the
missing bolts and gasket just to find that I suddenly had a significant
oil
leak (never leaked or burned a drop between oil changes changes prior to
this.)  I eventually came to the conclusion that I probably had a blown
rear
main and promptly replaced it with care.  Didn't leak a drop until about
4
hours down the road and right back to square one.  I did not overfill
with
oil and am wondering if this is a blowby issue.  The engine starts on a
dime
even in cold and has excellent compression in all 4 cyls.  With that
being
said, is blowby still the likely culprit or am I missing something else?
What next?

Phil Krueger
82' Westy diesel
65' standard beetle
60' double cab
59' convertible bug
57' Panel Bus