Oil level

[745 turbogreasel]

HmmI think I can get  gasket paper cheaper and not have to eat a box of those  damn things.

That gasket might be more prone to disturbance in a front crash or engine host  drop, but its still downstream of the relief valve.

[DogDiesel]

I think I posted that the cost of the gasket was $1.83.

Replinished my german filters, and ordered a few project parts for free shipping. 

$1.83.  I fabricate lots of gaskets.  If you look at the URL, you'll see this is not a simple shaped gasket.

For a $1.83, I can wait on the right part.

[745 turbogreasel]

Sometimes the wait is more of a factor than the  money.  It is a simple gasket to cut.  You lay  the  materiel over it, and tap with the back of a ball pein, it cuts out perfect in less than 5 minutes.

[DogDiesel]

I have been a diesel mechanic for over 30 years.  Made more than a few gaskets.  But thanks anyway for telling everyone else how to make a gasket.

That is not the issue.  The issue is it cost $1.83, and it is already bought and arrives by tracking tomorrow.  Secondly, now that the oil level is down to the first hash on the dipstick, it is not leaking.  No suggesting it is fixed, just that at this level it does not.  Thirdly, I am still driving it, on my 1.5 hour commute from my farm to work. A fourth point is that the nearest parts store is 25 miles from my house, and I rarely start a repair job, without having the part on hand.

Hopefully, the point is made in this post, that overfilling AAZs is harmful, and taken seriously.


 

Sometimes the wait is more of a factor than the  money.  It is a simple gasket to cut.  You lay  the  materiel over it, and tap with the back of a ball pein, it cuts out perfect in less than 5 minutes.

[theman53]

I agree Dog that overfill is bad. I would think if you overfilled too much you would hydrolock. Which could show us a little as to why you have a leak. As the crankcase fills with too much oil the pressure would rise inside I would guess, possibly causing your leak.

BTW I would take a couple off of you if you want to sell some of those gaskets. I have a couple AAZ blocks and will need them eventually.

[DogDiesel]

If you copy the URL in the first post, drop into another window, you will go to the AutohauzAZ page and can order them for $1.83.
I would suggest all to look at the shape of this gasket.  Rather elaborate.  There are multiple areas to seal, it is not a simple gasket, but the price is cheap.

I now put a premium on my time, I have plenty of money, or rather enough to live by, but not enough time. 
When I was scraping by making $8-9 per hour in the 70 & 80s, I'd take the time to fabricate, but now I have to make every bit of spare time I have worth it, and my time to  fabricate that gasket is time I can do other things, that pay off more.  $1.83.

I use this business for a lot of my VW and mercedes parts.  Never had an issue,  they ship fast.

Wayne.

[Mark(The Miser)UK]

$1-63, I agree is a good price. Auto-H would charge minimum $50 p &p to the UK, and the local stealership would be quoting a surcharged $9.

Like when I rebuilt my engine, A-H sold a complete set of rings  for $22, whilst VW UK wanted $150 per cylinder...

[wolf_walker]

I use this business for a lot of my VW and mercedes parts.  Never had an issue,  they ship fast.

Wayne.

Autohauz is good folks.  Never had a problem and prices are market fair. 

[wolf_walker]

If I could solve the decibel issue at 80 plus, it would be a perfect modern vehicle.  It is quiet enough to 60MPH.  I have been contemplating installing new window seals from the MK1 warehouse.  We can always throw money at our vehicles, but is it worth it.?  Who has done it and is it worth $450?  

Wayne

Tape the window seals up with something that isn't going to leave a residue and see if it's $450 worth of quieter.  I'm betting not.  I've been driving these SOB's for 15 years and my 82 is full of insulation and I don't hear any wind noise, and it's still loud as hell relatively speaking much over 60.  NVH, we got that....


Amendment: if your seals are really shot, you might get rid of wind noise, but I still suspect you'll discover how much louder everything else is afterwards.
Not saying don't do it, just don't expect a new car.

[TylerDurden]

Driving my caddy for more than 30 min, I had to wear earplugs at >60mph. Otherwise, my ears would ring for hours. Most of the noise was engine resonance.

Getting the motor mounts dialed-in helped a lot, but it was still pretty loud.

[DogDiesel]

Little or no engine resonance.  Did the engine mount neutrization.  My noise is mainly window seals.
I moved this part of the topic to the upgrades forum.