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 fekkinell
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 posted on May 2nd, 2006 at 10:00 PM |
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Annoying leaky engine heads... yes i know... its a VW :P
ok.... apart from the fact that it's a kombi, it seems to be leaking a lot of oil onto the heater boxes... its starting to bother me so how exactly
can i reduce the amount of leakage?
gaskets and goopy glue stuff?
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| posted on May 2nd, 2006 at 11:14 PM |
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Take the tappet covers off, clean all the mating surfaces of any old sealer and gasket residue, adjust the tappets while you've got them off, then
fit NEW gaskets (shouldn't need to use any sealer, but do so if you want to) and refit tappet cover. Check the tension/pressure of the retaining
spring so that it snaps into place evenly at both points where it touches on the cover, it should need to stretch out about 6mm to hold the cover in
place adequately.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2006 at 11:27 PM |
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As above^^but use a sealant............'PERMATEX Aviation gasket sealant No 3', this is a non hardening sealant which holds the gasket in place. I
recently watched a fellow VW enthusiast use two new gaskets in one day trying to fix a leak, I used the old (but still good) gasket with the permatex
and presto the problem was fixed.
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 01:10 PM |
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what craig said 99.9% of tin covers on t4's are bent and buckled so sealant is the only way unless you spring for a new set of ally covers
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 01:49 PM |
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would repco or bursons have that Permatex stuff?
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fekkinell
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 03:53 PM |
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thanks so much guys... will give it a go 
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fekkinell
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 04:30 PM |
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ergh... on closer inspection the oils all over the fuel pump and the bottom of the engine and the protective plate thingies... could it be the gearbox
seal? (please say no) 
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 10:17 PM |
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check the oil pressure switch just behind the distributor,it can crack and oil will end up all over the bottom of the motor. the switch still works it
just lets oil out which dribbles down and air flow does the rest.
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| posted on May 3rd, 2006 at 10:49 PM |
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they sell permatex at supercheap.
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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 12:37 PM |
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permatex non hardening rocks!
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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 02:37 PM |
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good chance it the push rod seals
Easy to do in a type 4.
just a pain. Type 1 is harder to do but seals better IMO
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| posted on May 4th, 2006 at 05:32 PM |
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Permatex is great, I've been using it for about 20 odd years....
Repco, Auto One just about everyone sells it....
Aviation jointing goo is very similar if not the same....
I only use it on the tappet cover and don't have any leakage....
You just have to make sure everything is clean.....
I also use Permatex on the pushrod seals...
do both sides of the seals, then when they crack, and the seals will crack... the permatex stops any leaks...
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fekkinell
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| posted on May 5th, 2006 at 06:49 PM |
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cool... thanks people... ill wait for a free day then ill slide under there and get all oily for the greater good 
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