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I finally finished changing the oil cooler seals on my '73 fastback. When I got everything back together and started the car, I realized that the original braided fuel hose coming in to the engine was leaking badly. I replaced the line and started the car again to find that it idles faster than it used to and it idles evenly where it used to surge and then almost stall out. The car drives better than ever with less hesitation and more even acceleration, however, when I got home from my test drive, the left side of the engine was smoking heavily. The smoke seemed to be coming up from the heat exchanger. There was alot of sludge left on the engine from the leaky oil cooler plus, I used a significant amount of Liquid Wrench to get the shroud off. I'm wondering if all of this is just burning off or if I have a bigger problem. Any advice? Joel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~