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Subject:Re: Hi list. 90 syncro bad leak stuck in parking lot
From:Jim Felder
Date:Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:49:51 -0500

Even worse, it sounds as if he had a "dump" in the parking lot, meaning
that he had some kind of steady leak going down the road, but it didn't
empty fast enough to keep up with the leak. That means that the bell
housing was full of oil, and you know what that means to a clutch plate.
"You're soaking in it" as Marge used to say on the dish soap commercial.

Jim

On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> I see several posts on this so haven't read-seen if you're going
> through gear oil, fast, but my GUESS is that even after, say, 500
> miles, heat etc. will cause the oil to saturate the disk lining. In
> other words, not sure if one can just clean up the disk and re use.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 6/26/14, Nomadix <subarusyncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The shop that put in new engine at same time put in new clutch.  1200
> miles
> > now on both.
> >
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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