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RE: [T3] who's doing Type 3 work this weekend?


On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 17:31, Thomas Ainlay wrote:
> Damn, I'm still looking for those parts.  On Friday I went to look at a 412
> with automatic trans that is listed on The Samba for $600.  The car started
> right up and we drove it around the parking lot (no registration) and then
> backed it into the parking slot.  I look at the engine and it its dirty with
> some oil on the underside, not too much really.  I asked about the
> compression and was told that the engine had 150 on all four cylinders.  I
> mentioned the gas heater and asked if it ran but the shop guy had no clue
> about it so I said lets hop in and see if it will fire up.  We get in and
> with the heat lever up, turn the switch and nothing:(  So I'm thinking that
> maybe it needs to be running and ask the guy to start the car again.  As he
> does this I am looking out the back and see a huge cloud of whitish smoke.
> I check the oil and the level is almost a quart too high and smells heavily
> of gas.  I'm trying to decide on whether to make an offer for this beast and
> wonder what the list consensus would be on the fuel in oil?  Bad rings or
> just gas flooding into the cylinders at shutdown and leaking into the oil?
> 
If you are just buying it for the engine, I wouldnt worry about the gas
in the oil. This could be caused by only being driven short trip, and
never warmed up completly. $600 sounds like a fair price for one that
runs and drives.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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