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| Air_Cooled_Nut |
  Sep 2 2003, 07:24 PM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com  Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None  |
PO says the oil leak is due to the oil cooler seals and that they need replacing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Maybe the nuts just need to be snugged down a tad more, I dunno. Anyway, can I easily get to the oil cooler with the engine in the car? Looks like some engine tin needs to be removed but... Suggestions or previous experience out there? I'm really not in the mood to drop the engine and tranny (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| Air_Cooled_Nut |
 Sep 4 2003, 01:42 AM
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914 Ronin - 914 owner who lost his 914club.com Group: Members Posts: 1,748 Joined: 19-April 03 From: Beaverton, Oregon Member No.: 584 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Sep 3 2003, 06:23 PM) Good advice Curvie! Also take off the top tin to clean the oil caked grime off the cylinders and heads. It gets packed in there pretty quickly and prevents the engine from cooling properly. Geoff Having owned and maintained my Squareback since 1985 I'm pretty aware of air-cooled necessities (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Well, bought the seals and lifted the car (an adventure in itself). Once finally high enough for me to creep under I removed the right side heater ducts to make room. I put on a three-pronged filter wrench to remove the filter and it turned! It wasn't even on tight!!! So I tightened it properly. Wiped away much of the oil then started the engine. Looking around I saw no other leaks. I reved the engine and held it around 5000rpm for a few seconds to get her pulse racing and get the oil flowing. Still no leaks. Turned the engine off and poked around some more. Oops, some oil is leaking around the cooler mount. And the valve cover gasket. And several pushrod tubes glistening with fresh oil. Crap. Oil started dripping from the heat exchangers, cooling tin and filter. Crap. We know what this means, right? Yep...gotta drop the engine. Crap. So I have new seals but I didn't install them. Looks like I'm gonna have to drop the %!@#$ engine/tranny and make a list of what I need to do to it -- seals, non-leaking fuel lines to the injectors, new vacuum hoses, Compufire points for dizzy, etc... Crap. Well, at least I'll be able to get into the engine bay and repair the rusted out body by the battery and weld the rear trunk lid hinge brackets back on, amoungst other things I'm sure I'll find... |
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Air_Cooled_Nut Replacing oil seals w/engine in car...possible? Sep 2 2003, 07:24 PM
Bleyseng Yes, it can be done but if you have the space drop... Sep 2 2003, 07:37 PM Demick Check the Pelican parts tech articles. I wrote so... Sep 2 2003, 08:10 PM Lawrence Not easy, but very possible with some patience. I... Sep 2 2003, 08:40 PM ejm I just did cooler seals on my '76 last week. F... Sep 2 2003, 08:45 PM Brad Roberts Ed.. :clap: Great description. Here is the area t... Sep 3 2003, 12:19 AM Air_Cooled_Nut Bleyseng Good advice Curvie! Also take off the top tin ... Sep 3 2003, 08:23 PM Curvie Roadlover yup Sep 3 2003, 08:27 PM airsix <... Sep 4 2003, 07:31 PM
Bleyseng What more could you want than the Factory Manuals.... Sep 4 2003, 07:41 PM |
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