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 bluebus
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| posted on August 12th, 2012 at 03:06 PM |
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Oil leak
Taking out my generator with the engine in, ended up taking out the whole shroud. And found a bl**dy great mess... the vast majority of which is on
the left of the engine. The dog house oil cooler looks to have either lost its seals or developed a leak and I don't know how to determine which. I
have no idea how long that oil cooler has been in there, but there's generations of gunk on the inside of the shroud which is proving a joy to
remove. Before I go spending $$ on a new cooler, is there any way of telling if it's still ok, or should I just chuck it and be done with it?
Cheers, Angela.
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| posted on August 12th, 2012 at 04:26 PM |
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Have a oil cooler test tool if required. Clean your engine block around #3 cyd as block may have a crack. 0422983260 cheers
Customer service is not dead in Australia.
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bluebus
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| posted on August 13th, 2012 at 05:14 PM |
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Thanks for the offer, much appreciated. I rang our local VW shop to find out parts prices and he's offered to test the cooler for me, so I'll do
that since he's quite close by. I'll give the block a good scrub and hope to god no cracks are hiding under the gunk. Still, this does explain the
occasional oil light flicker, unfortunately  |
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| posted on August 13th, 2012 at 06:10 PM |
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The oil light flicker simply means that the oil pressure is momentarly going lower the the pressure switch rating, could mean a bit of internal wear
or the switch could be a problem.
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