

| Subject: | Re: final drive cover leaking |
| From: | John Meeks |
| Date: | Sat, 3 Nov 2007 22:15:40 -0400 |
Jerry, Was MT90 a typo? John On 11/3/07, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote: > Another problem. > This is on a '88 Westy with AT. Sometime back, I drained the oil from the final drive, > carefully cleaned the old gasket off, the cover and mating surface and replaced the > cover with a new gasket ($30+), new, slightly longer bolts and lock washers. I > CAREFULLY torqued it according to the instructions in Bentley. I refilled with Redline > MT90. > I cannot get it to stop leaking. It wouldn't be so bad if it was just leaking on the > floor, but it is being picked up by the spinning torque converter and flung out the > holes in the top, all over the wiring, etc. on both sides of the firewall above. Any > suggestions to stop the leak? > As always, thanks, > Jerry > -- John Meeks '91 Multivan, '85 GL bits Northern Michigan KC8ZFN Vanagon Rescue Squad http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
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