> 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,

That sucks.

One other possible factor is the oil slinger in clutch housing. I'm
not sure of the "how-why" but I've read that on high mile vehicles, it
can work it's way loose over time. If so, it may harm the input shaft
seal.  (??)

image of oil slinger during an input shaft swap. (2WD, transmission
side of clutch housing):

http://tinyurl.com/leqbpzv

I think it was Andrew Libby on thesamba.com Vanagon forum that posted of this.

Neil.

On 6/26/14, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>>
>> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>>
>> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>> Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>>
>

--
Neil n

Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca

'88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p

'81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/

Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine Swap Group:

http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej