my mind goes to the oil cooler o-ring.
They get old..
people don't check the nut tightness during oil changes..
things get cold and brittle...
easy to have happen.

Scott

On 12/24/2013 3:06 PM, JRodgers wrote:
> The Vanagon Spirit  giveth, the Vanagon Spirit taketh away - Long Live
> the Vanagon Spirit!!
>
> The Red Brick lives! The distributor problem was solved with a
> replacement distributor. The engine was test run. But the next time out
> - the engine would not start. As circumstance would have it - the coil
> had failed. After some jockeying around - a replacement coil did the
> trick. starts and runs fine. Only second coil failure in my Volkswagens
> in a lifetime of owning them.
>
> 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. Got Christmas duties tomorrow - so won't get
> back to it until Thursday to check it out.
>
> Some Christmas Eve, huh!
>
> Actually Christmas begins for my family at 6 PM. Looking forward to it.
>
> Merry Christmas, Volks!!
>
> John
>