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On 2 Mar 2005 at 11:19, Jens Vagelpohl wrote: > Maybe they wanted to prevent heat from rising up with the car standing > still or being turned off to avoid vapor lock in the FI system? Or > maybe to prevent false readings from those temp sensors that are > exposed to the engine compartment? Or to prevent rubber/plastic pieces > from aging more rapidly because of higher heat levels? It seems odd, because this leaves the above-engine space with no ventilation at all. I don't know if that's likely to be good or bad. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~