TheSamba.com :: View topic - exhaust leak? air blow by on drivers side 82 a/c

Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:19 pm

I have been tracking down an oil leak drivers side [not the pressure sender] maybe the oil cooler seals? I checked the valve cover on that side and it has a gasket that seated poorly and curves in from the edge alot. getting a new gasket in a day or so but while i was under there i am getting a good amount of air being forced down by the gap where the exhaust pipe leaves the the manifold, it gets so hot so quick its difficult to tell where this is coming from much more air than on the passenger side. Could a leaking valve gasket cause this or is exhaust the probable culprit or something else? By the way I put the bay exhaust on this and had to munch the heater tube some what, this may well be the leak. just pondering since it's too late to work on it tonight. any thoughts?
82 westy air cooled