SEALS - Different that orig, WAS: OIL: Flood, Leak and Seeps, Will they work ? Options

[ctc911ctc]

Please see the seal picture around post #9


All,

I had all three, Floods, Leaks and Seeps. I fixed the Flood, yes the valve cover HAS to go on with the VW logo upside down! So on to the leaks. I am down to one leak, the oils is dripping off of the oil filter, a drop a minute or two while running. This leak is NOT coming from the top of the engine. Oil pressure sending unit, oil filler (OEL)and the distributor are all tight, no leaks.

Took out the oil filter, let the car leak until it stopped dripping and got under the car.

OK, I spent an hour under the car. Pretty certain that the car is leaking from ABOVE the oil filter mounting bracket. Top of the braket and the bottom part of the oil cooler are covered in oil. Sooooo, after reading everything about this within these pages I found that the oil filter bracket AND the oil cooler could be removed WITHOUT removing the engine. GREAT!

So raised the car high, put it on jackstands AND 4x4 blocks (belt and suspenders) and slid underneath. took the first nut off the oil filter mount, then I went for the one on the back of the bracket.
A - Easy Bracket nut
B - Nut on top of bracket - seen through a mirror
C - Oil Pressure regulator Access Port
D - Above the Oil Cleaner bracket - covered with oil.




As can be seen, the nut for the other half of the mount is overlapped by the oil cooler frame. THERE IS NO WAY TO GET A WRENCH ON THIS!

Not sure what to do now, live with the leak until it is time to remove the engine?

Ideas, suggestions,

Many thanks in advance.

BTW, the seeps are all from the pushrod tubes, only one looks really bad, not sure I would venture to pull the tubes with the engine in the car, though I know it can be done.

[ctc911ctc]

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?????

This may be remedial for most of you, but here is my experience of changing an engine while the plane is in flight - or - changing the oil cooler gaskets (2) without taking the engine out.

1. started wrenching the closet of the 3 nuts.
2. realized that I needed a ratchet - one of those nifty ratches INSIDE the round, closed end of the wrench
3. Bought them and some 1/4 inch stuff (which was on sale)
4. Took off the first nut
5. Realized that the stud came off from the engine since the nut was kinda rusty
6. after thinking about this decided that I could live with it.
7. on to the second nut which is above the first toward the middle of the cooler
8. It TOO when loosened took the stud out.
9. came to the realization that if all 3 studs come out, I could remove the entire cooler! First would have to remove the oil cleaner bracket...........

HHHHhhhhhhmmmmmmmm

10. The last nut is at the thin end of the cooler, it came off like it is supposed to, the stud is still in the engine.
11. some oil came out, now the cooler is separated from the engine by 1/2 inch
12. Now, do I put 2 nuts on the 3rd stud and try and remove and properly clean the oil cooler or do I power through this by focusing on the gaskets only?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO???

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