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- From: garrett@Ingres.COM (WE'RE ONLY HERE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL HERE)
- Subject: Re: Help! Put oil in a Bug, and it disappears!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.214440.8481@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Summary: Trick Question
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- References: <1992Nov20.170103.11314@nntp.nta.no> <20NOV199213163645@cc.utah.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:44:40 GMT
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- In article <20NOV199213163645@cc.utah.edu>, mgb5528@cc.utah.edu (MICHAEL G. BECK) writes...
- >In article <1992Nov20.170103.11314@nntp.nta.no>, BARANSKI@veamf1.nusc.navy.mil (Jim Baranski) writes...
- >{I have a 71' bug, which has recently developed a problem.
- >{
- >{I've been putting a *lot* of oil into it recently, like a quart every fill up!
- >{Yet it only smokes a little only when it starts up, and it isn't leaking.
- >{
- >{Where could the oil be going? The front seal was just replaced, and I've heard
- >{that oil can leak into the clutch housing...
- >
- >I had that happen to me a couple of years ago in '71 Super Beetle. One sure
- >way to tell if the oil is going into the clutch housing is if the clutch is
- >slipping at high rpm's going up a hill.
- >
- DON'T ANSWER HIM! It's a trick answer. Everyone who has owned a beetle knows
- that YOU CAN'T GO UP A HILL AT A HIGH RPM IN A BEETLE! Thought you could
- fool us, eh Michael? What is your REAL agenda?
-
- > Michael Beck
- > Michael.Beck@M.CC.UTAH.EDU
- > MGB5528@CC.UTAH.EDU
-
- -garrett
-