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Nikkoleto
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 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:14 pm Post subject: Help In Pittsburgh |
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Hi all
I just moved to the Pittsburgh area from Northern Va. Among recent problems with my 87 Vanagon the major problem is an oil leak which covers my rear hatch with oil. I haven't a clue who in this area works on Vanagons. Does anyone know of capable Vanagon Mechanics in the Pittsburgh area? Your help would be greatly appreciated !!
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Vanagon Nut
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:12 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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This might help?
http://roadhaus.com/shops.php
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 1:25 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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| Between Bays and Vanagons, I have had several leaks that showed up as splotches on the rear hatch. |
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Nikkoleto
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:38 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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my leak totally covers the rear hatch but the oil level doesn't go down that much. It must be a small leak that is exaggerated at highway speeds. I have had everything tightened that might be the cause with no luck. Unfortunately I moved to the pittsburgh area before the leak was found, Hopefully I can find someone in the Pit area that fixes Vanagons. The search continues
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:44 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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Had a couple of very minor leaks that primarily showed up at high speeds and in a thousand miles ended up with the back hatch on my 83 1/2 POS looking like this. Probably just a couple of ounces of oil is all that leaked. Part of the oil came from the drain plug gasket and part from a rock hard distributor o-ring.
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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| my leak totally covers the rear hatch but the oil level doesn't go down that much. It must be a small leak that is exaggerated at highway speeds. I have had everything tightened that might be the cause with no luck. Unfortunately I moved to the pittsburgh area before the leak was found, Hopefully I can find someone in the Pit area that fixes Vanagons. The search continues |
To help ID the leak at least, do this even if you don't plan on fixing it yourself-
[1] Wash engine off somewhere carefully, Car Wash, Driveway etc- Let it dry
[2] Buy small Bottle of Engine Oil Leak Detection Dye and Black Light Kit along with UV safe glasses if they aren't in the kit as well, add Dye to the engine oil
[3] Drive a short distance at a time and inspect the engine once you're parked in a safe location, using Black Light and glasses goggles- The oil leaking out will be bright under the Black Light and much easier to spot.
Avoid Highway speeds unless you really need to be on the highway, since airflow can distort where the oil is leaking from and blow it around. This could lengthen your diagnostic time tracking down the leak or leaks as the case might be.
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mikemtnbike
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:34 am Post subject: Re: Help In Pittsburgh |
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there was another thread earlier this week about somebody looking for mechanic near Cleveland where some guy in Pitt was recommended, contact through Pittsburgh Vanagon Owner's facebook group.
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