From: "Andrea Berardelli" <doctorb@IMAG.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Air cooled oil leak/timing

> As you know the oil cooler is held to the block by three studs that go
> thought the cooler body and receive 3 M5 .75 nuts with respective wavy
> washer and applied torque of 5 pounds/foot.  There are also 3 plastic
washer
> that according to my manual are to be set between the cooler and the
block.
> NOT, these plastic washer sit against the cooler on the other side from
the
> block, just before the wavy washers.  Because of my mistake the rubber
rings
> seals did not compress enough and leaked, so there.

I've never heard of or read about plastic washers associated with the oil
cooler, and certainly have never seen them in any engine I've torn down.
What manual are you talking about??

The ETKA specifies the following hardware to hold the oil cooler in place:

Washer             A6, 4x12,5x1,6
Spring washer    B6x12x0,5
Hex Nut             M6

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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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