[Vwdiesel] Oh-Oh...First winter **** up!

[Erik Lane]

I expect Loren will jump in here, but I'll offer a few
ideas.

Look at the base of the oil filter. There should be an
oil cooler there that has coolant lines going to it.
When it goes bad it will let oil get into the water,
at least in my experience. Ours always have more oil
pressure than coolant pressure at that point - I've
never seen the coolant get into the oil.

I have personally used copper T fittings in the hoses
to make up my own cause I didn't want to pay the price
for the right part, but in the future I might just
bite the bullet and get the factory hose. (Because of
all the talk about radiators and corrosion.)

Just going on your description I would expect it to be
that oil cooler and all else probably ok. At least
worth looking into before you go to the trouble of
removing the head.

Good luck! I love the diesel transporters!
Erik

--- rod welch <rod.welch at kolumbus.fi> wrote:

> Hello all...  Thought I need to ask the crew a few
> specifics before digging
> in the archives...
> Transporter 1.6,(no turbo) 1983, 350 000km.
> Late last night we left to drive my wife to the
> railway station (about
> 100kms) and as we were leaving I noticed the oil
> light didn't quite go off
> (first time this has happend)... Knew there's a
> garage about 5km away to get
> some oil, halfway there the light went out, we
> stopped for oil, they didn't
> have any left, so as the light was off and only had
> to do another 12km to
> the next garage, we carried on. About 7km down the
> road the temp went
> through the roof, warning light flashing and the
> back of the van was like a
> sauna...! The top hose had split, (between expansion
> tank and head and rest
> of system) this is a nasty, expensive looking, multi
> directional piece of
> ****. 
> 
> And so to my first question... If I make up a T from
> copper pipe to replace
> the junctions in the main hose will the anti-freeze
> do weird things? (this
> is one for the chemists)
> 
> And second question... What happend? When I checked
> it this morning, (don't
> ask how I got it home...) the oil level was fine? It
> wasn't that cold.
> (round about freezing) Replaced the water pump and
> belts last year.
> There has been more and more crap in the coolant
> this past year and the
> expansion tank I replaced in the summer, 'cos the
> old one split, is now
> really black and greasy on the inside...
> 
> So what next... should I really pull the head off
> before it goes completely?
> No power or smoke problems... Still does 110km/h on
> the flat and 60 up hill
> (8% over 2km). If I do pull the head, what else
> should I do while I'm in
> there? 
> 
> Thanks for being here....
> 
> Rod...Finland   
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
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