[T2] Leaking oil - from the front t?!?!

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front crank Seal???

Bob

On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, John Burneskis wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:38:16 -0400
> From: John Burneskis <john.burneskis at gmail.com>
> To: "type2 at type2.com" <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: [T2] Leaking oil - from the front t?!?!
> 
> My '78 Westy seems to be leaking oil from the front.
>
> It appears as engine oil.
>
> Last observation, which really threw me, has a 2 square inch spot of fresh
> engine oil (color and texture) an a 1 square inch spot of BLACK oil deposit.
>
> A month earlier, I dropped and cleaned the front splash pan because I was
> looking for the source of the leak.  Now, after the bus was sitting for a
> month, and after a local 10 mile run, I see the same 'engine oil' dropping,
> but now, 12 inches along side of the fresh engine oil dropping, I see a
> BLACK oil spot.
>
>> From the front of the bus!!
>
> Barry ends
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