Danny,

Sorry to hear about your misfortunes.  I'm glad no one was hurt, you
caught the oil leak early enough to prevent permament engine damage,
and that the kennel was empty.  I hope repairs are easy on your
wallet.

Let us know what the mechanic finds.

On 4/19/09, Danny <bruiserbabie@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So we were off to the beach for the weekend and we were all packed up in the
> westy and ready to go. I told my wife wait I forgot my shaving cream and
> razor. We both went back to the house while the kids were all buckled up
> waiting. As I was unlocking the door my wife yelled "Danny look" the van was
> gushing water from the engine hitting the hot exhaust bellowing steam and
> smoke. I quickly ran to the van to ture it off. Upon inspection noticed that
> the H pipe for the coolant was cracked. What a relief that this happened
> before we left at our home rather than 100 miles away from home. I called a
> vw wrecking yard and asked them if they had one, to my luck they did. We ran
> out in out more reliable car "a 2008 Toyota Matrix" and picked it up. I
> replaced it and then we were off. Now I want to tell you my van is a 1984
> westy with a 1.9L engine that we just had rebuilt 1500 miles ago and boy
> does it run nice. So we were on our way to the beach, Kids and wife were
>  all asleep and we were 5 miles to the ocean "about 80 miles form home
> (Portland Oregon). A wind gust came along and whipped the dog kennel off the
> front roof rack, Luckily it was bungeed to the roof so now it was hanging
> off to the side. It was enough to wake my wife up. She did not know what had
> happened so she was looking around. She said honey why are we smoking? I
> quickly looked back to see a plume of smoke coming from behind the van. I
> pulled over and killed the engine. Got out and looked under the engine. Oil
> was leaking down form the bell housing (its an automatic). So long story
> short I had to pay for a tow truck to carry us home. The cost? $400.00 WTF
> ouch!!!! So now the van is sitting at the mechanics shop and I hope its just
> a main seal….. I hope you all had a pleasant weekend.
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> Danny
> '84 Westy (Vanny)
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