RE: my first dealer visit

[zeek the geek <zeek@texas.net>]

well, it's now been one week since my
first dealer visit after noticing globs of
oil around the freeze plug. what the 
service dept at charle maund VW did 
was to thoroughly clean the area and
told me to keep an eye on it for one 
week's time.

well, i'm glad to say i haven't seen even
the slightest trace of oil anywhere in the
area. i've been checking it about every
other day- as well as the rest of the 
engine and there are NO fluids anywhere
to be found (leaking.) 
thanks for all your input. i'm just glad to 
say there are no problems, just a few
drops of oil not cleaned up by the factory.


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spank me hard- REAL hard 

On Sunday, February 08, 1998 6:32 PM, deecee@exit109.com [SMTP:deecee@exit109.com] wrote:
> At 11:05 AM 6/25/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Don't believe everything Maund VW tells you Zeek.
> >
> >Don, correct me if I'm wrong, But "Freezeplugs" are for the cooling
> system.  Not the oil
> >system.  The two should not meet.  And actually, if I'm not mistaken, the
> holes capped by
> >the freezeplugs are created during the casting of the block.  But, no
> matter, the idea of
> >oil coming from the freezeplug is bull shit.  (I think).  Keep an eye on
> Maund. And if you
> >have a major problem ask to speak with Salem (customer service mgr) and if
> that doesn't
> >work tall to "Tiny".  He runs the entire service department.
> >
> 
> > Joe, The freeze plugs are in the cooling system. These hopefully will
> prevent the block from cracking if the coolant should freeze. There are
> metal plugs that look like freeze plugs at the end of oil galleys. Most of
> these plugs are at the end of the block. I have seen these fail and cause
> oil leaks. There is usually no SEATING time. It seals or it doesn't. I have
> also seen porous engine blocks.
> Right now we are starting to see porous cylinder heads on the Audi 1.8t
> engines. I am sure the Passat will not be far with this problem.
> 
> Don