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Subject:Re: Distributor Woes - One Lives - One Dies
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:17:55 -0800

Sudden massive oil leaks of that kind tend to be the o-ring seal for the
oil cooler. Lots of VWs share the same cooler and o-ring so the seal is
easy to buy. Not that fun to change on a wbx 2.1 though.

Mark

JRodgers wrote:
>.............
> Volksiebus is dead. My '88 Dover Blue Transporter blew a major oil seal
> somewhere. I was working on the Red Brick this afternoon, had to run to
> the store, started Volksiebus, began to back out the drive and there was
> a HUGE puddle and oil trailing out following me down the driveway. I
> pulled back up and shut down. It's had a leaky pulley seal for a while -
> and I think it just let go. ..................