I would be interested to see how that Extreme Tape would hold in John's
situation.  My son's '91 740 Volvo had a large blowout type leak in the
lower radiator hose and that stuff worked like a charm to seal the hole.
Wonder how it would do with hot oil?

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> hey ....good excuse to try out some Rescue Tape.
> good test for it.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Wellhouse" <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 7:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Pesky Oil Leak
>
>
>  If you can get the tube area squeaky clean with steel wool and
>> acetone etc, I'd try that rubber tape that 3M sells to repair
>> extension cord insulation; very stretchy and then cover it with 33+
>> or 88+.  Eventually you'll want to do one of those spring loaded
>> replacements when the time and money are there.  I think they're like
>> $20 each.  There's no pressure other than the whatever crankcase
>> pressure is inside the block.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> DM&FS
>>
>>
>>
>> At 06:12 PM 6/25/2010, John Meeks wrote:
>>
>>> I'm no BP but I've been leaving 6" poodles if oil wherever I park.
>>> I have tracked it's source to a tiny hole in the case side of a push rod
>>> tube right
>>> on the outside of one of those accordion  ridges.
>>>
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/vanagon/SaltbeltRustyParts#5486847990506798578
>>>
>>> <
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/vanagon/SaltbeltRustyParts#5486847990506798578
>>> >I
>>> don't want to pull the head to replace the tube so... Does anyone have
>>> any
>>> idea what
>>> I could use to repair this ~3/32" hole
>>>
>>> John Meeks
>>> '91 Multivan
>>> Northern Michigan
>>>
>>> Vanagon Rescue Squad
>>> www.vanagonauts.com
>>>
>>