oil cooler hose came off... at 100 kmh..... No Oil... GREAT NEWS

68AutoBug · 2011-11-24T08:15:38+00:00

Well My oil cooler hose came off at 100 KMH a couple of days ago... My fault.. clamps weren't tight... I felt a Power Loss and a drop in speed... looked out My rear vision Mirror... BLUE SMOKE... so I turned the engine off and pulled off the highway.. looked under the back and a big pool of engine oil... My first thoughts were the oil cooler [temporary] had hit something.. or the road.... but I let the car run down the hill and onto a side road where I jacked the car up, took the wheel off and found the oil cooler hanging by one hose.. and a tie down...?? I rang My wife to bring Me some oil... so I refitted the oil cooler and filled the engine with oil.... and drove back home... car goes and idles but its like it has some fouled spark plugs ... I checked all the tappets today... all correct... I was on My way to get My car passed for rego... do I drive the 30klms next monday and have the car passed before I pull the engine out and pull it apart??? what are Your thoughts???? looks like all the oil galleries are still clear??? LEE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 26 Nov 2011, 1:37 pm

#874324

h wrote:castrol = crisko 😂

castrol = castor bean oil.

Thats what they used back when they started 😂

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

toplessbug Fahrvergnugen

879 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Nov 2011, 8:56 am

#874765

READ this lee

http://www.penriteoil.com.au/pis_pdfs/Classic%20Engine%20Oils%20JAN%202010.pdf

dot point 4 of benefits
and

anybody telling you not to exceed 3000 miles between oil changes knows that the adds package is used to an unsafe level by then

Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 29 Nov 2011, 5:25 pm

#874850

toplessbug wrote:READ this lee

http://www.penriteoil.com.au/pis_pdfs/Classic%20Engine%20Oils%20JAN%202010.pdf

dot point 4 of benefits
and

anybody telling you not to exceed 3000 miles between oil changes knows that the adds package is used to an unsafe level by then

Everyone says I change My oil TOO Soon...
VW do Mexico still recommended oil changes at 3000miles in 2002 ...

Great specs on those oils...
Just have to find a good price now ..

AUTO shops are just TOO expensive...
$42++ for Castrol Magnatec when BIG W is $34-95 today...??

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Smiley Veteran Volks Folk

2,125 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 29 Nov 2011, 5:47 pm

#874856

68AutoBug wrote:AUTO shops are just TOO expensive...
$42++ for Castrol Magnatec when BIG W is $34-95 today...??

LEE

If you didn't change your oil every 10 minutes you wouldn't be spending so much money on oil.

Smiley 🙂

If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 30 Nov 2011, 10:29 am

#874983

toplessbug wrote:READ this lee

http://www.penriteoil.com.au/pis_pdfs/Classic%20Engine%20Oils%20JAN%202010.pdf

dot point 4 of benefits
and

anybody telling you not to exceed 3000 miles between oil changes knows that the adds package is used to an unsafe level by then

I use penrite in my waser"v". Its the only one off the self that had enough ZDDP and P, not that roller cam needs as much as flat tappet but its still pushrod and I hammer that shit out of it. So I need more protection than the Hyundai style engines 😂

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Nov 2011, 2:02 pm

#875012

Well GREAT NEWS...

I went to have My beetle passed for REGO today locally and was checking the spark plug leads when number 4 lead was off the plug and in My hand...??

seems the screw on cap on the spark plug had unscrewed itself and was inside the [Eagle] spark plug High Tension lead end...

so, When I lost power, the spark plug lead came off...
THEN oil squirted onto exhaust and SMOKE...

So, When I pulled OFF the highway...
the oil didn't pour out [hose didn't come right off] until I had stopped the car...

so, the little oil trail then BIG pool of oil ..

means MY Engine is still OK....

so, some good engine oil ... and fingers crossed....

Everything should be OK...

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 30 Nov 2011, 2:22 pm

#875018

😎

1959 red & white Beetle
1975 Kombi camper

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 30 Nov 2011, 2:30 pm

#875021

Congrats Lee! Maybe the scare was simply the bug spitting the dummy before worst case happened. 🙂 👍

(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Nov 2011, 2:50 pm

#875024

bajachris88 wrote:Congrats Lee! Maybe the scare was simply the bug spitting the dummy before worst case happened. 🙂 👍

it seems I was being looked after by a higher authority Chris.. 😂

so... it all worked out OK...

Car passed for REGO today... for another year...

and it could have been a Bad bugless Xmas... lol

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 30 Nov 2011, 3:15 pm

#875029

GREAT news Lee.

From your ole' mate Jeff

hulbyw Insano Dub Head

819 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 30 Nov 2011, 8:12 pm

#875076

Sorry to hear about this episode Lee but great that it has ended well.. Could happen to any of us. I wonder whether those saying why bother with an external oil cooler run external oil filters? (that question might very well start a debate) Pobjoy doesn't recommend filters but Berg does. I don't have either but plan on running a filter on my 1776 when I get around to assembling it. Your experience however suggests to me that I should fit an oil pressure gauge that changes colour or beeps at me when the pressure drops rather than having to watch a needle all the time. Wouldn't matter what brand oil you use if it is on the road instead of in the sump.
Cheers...Wayne

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 30 Nov 2011, 8:45 pm

#875089

Good news Lee. Hope she's all sweet again.

As for filters, you bet, filter added as a full flow system to all my engines. 🙂, Also fit an oil thermostat if using a cooler, not just for the temp control, but for quicker oil delivery at every start up.

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Nov 2011, 11:08 pm

#875133

hulbyw wrote:Sorry to hear about this episode Lee but great that it has ended well.. Could happen to any of us. I wonder whether those saying why bother with an external oil cooler run external oil filters? (that question might very well start a debate) Pobjoy doesn't recommend filters but Berg does. I don't have either but plan on running a filter on my 1776 when I get around to assembling it. Your experience however suggests to me that I should fit an oil pressure gauge that changes colour or beeps at me when the pressure drops rather than having to watch a needle all the time. Wouldn't matter what brand oil you use if it is on the road instead of in the sump.
Cheers...Wayne

YES Wayne

My Next project...
LOUD BUZZER plus BRIGHT FLASHING LAMP..
for NO OIL Pressure..

Also - when oil light goes ON.. Engine ignition goes OFF..

I don't know how lucky I was....😎

Funny about Pobjoy and NO FILTERS...??

ALL OTHER CARS HAVE ENGINE OIL FILTERS... !!

Filter and seal behind the Crankshaft pulley would be good...

got to help the engine last longer

[or just keep changing the oil... lol]

LEE

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 1 Dec 2011, 9:06 am

#875167

Cutting the ignition on oil light is probably abit extreme.

THere may be the odd instance where the oil light might give a flicker and you don't want your engine cutting out in the middle of the road.

I can't see Lee doing any wild driving but I know with mine when I had VW engines if I took a corner real hard for long enough or did a bit of circle work/harmless drifting I could get the oil light to come on briefly.

Also as the engines get older and hot it's not unusual to see abit of oil light flicker at idle if the oils getting abit old, not that Lee will let that happen 😉
Even the owners manual tells you it's perfectly normal.

The gauges I have in my bug can be programmed to flash the face red and beep at specific oil pressure.
I keep the beep muted, the flashing red face is impossible to miss.

empi Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,131 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Dec 2011, 9:18 am

#875170

u got it to 100??!! 🙄

"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you." - Anonymous 🥷

hulbyw Insano Dub Head

819 posts · joined Sep 2009 · 1 Dec 2011, 12:56 pm

#875187

My current engine is so worn that the oil light comes on when I accelerate hard or go round a corner a bit quick if the oil level is down near the refill mark on the dipstick, so an ignition cutout would leave me stranded - not something I want to contemplate with today's traffic. Reckon a guage like Joel's sounds like the go. Also have a Pobjoy extended sump cup to go on the new 1776 if I ever get back to motorkhana's and handbrake turns

oil cooler hose came off... at 100 kmh..... No Oil... GREAT NEWS - ENGINE OK..