oil return tubes? nah, oil return HOSE fails!

[tadink]

Hey all....

have you ever seen this? It appears that my oil return hose has a leak, pretty substantial at that! Buncha german crap - it only lasted 42 years. :-)There is oil running down the hose from a point that cannot be determined....and, Naturally, it is appeaers virtually inaccessible unless the engine comes out...

I was hoping that I 'only' needed to remove the heat exchangers to access the oil return tubes....but they look clean and when I fired her up and got underneath, the oil is oozing out of the oil return hose.

seems a pretty straightforward repair if you can access the hose support bracket on TOP of the transaxle!

any ideas?

1967 SWB 911 normale

thanks! happy new year!

td

[edmayo]

There are usually two brackets, one on the trans side cover, and one at the top starter bolt. This is done without engine removal.