My dipstick tube broke off (no jokes please), and it resulted much less oil spray than John is seeing. But it's worth checking. Apparently it's a common problem with the 2.1, and MIG welding or brazing is the repair.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Mark McCulley
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 11:18 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gremlins

Could it be something as simple as the dipstick tube or oil fill tube not being tightly connected?

-Mark

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:06 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:

> I seem to have them.
>
> Got my 88GL back today with the new manual tranny. But guess what - 
> got a serious oil leak right under the crankshaft pulley, seemingly in 
> the vacinity of the oil pump. WTH ( what the heck!).
>
> This really has me confounded. The last few months it's been one thing 
> after another. Last time it went out the door of the shop after 
> getting CV's lubed and some other things, and the brakes failed right 
> out the front door of the shop. I found the problem and fixed that without further ado.
> This time I had the tranny changed and a new clutch put in, and it 
> works great, but right out of the shop Black Oil Niagra Falls starts 
> at the pulley end of the engine. What the hey?
>
> Spent a ton, expended a lot of my own energy fixing, and I still can't 
> really drive it anywhere. Back end is covered in so much oil its 
> dripping off the bumper and trailer hitch!!
>
> Any suggestions anyone - besides driving it off into the river?
>
> John
>