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On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 21:37, Dave Pallo wrote: > >>>Is your car an automatic? If not, the AAR might not completely close > until the oil is at complete temperature. Idling in the garage will not get > it there.<<< > No, I have a manual tranny.....man, I've been tinkering with it, running it > at 2k for a few minutes....running it for maybe 15-20 minutes in the garage > at variable speeds......seems pretty warm to me, but I guess not warn enuff > to close the valve, eh? > Is there anything to replace inside this valve if it turns out it won't > close even after driving? > If it is just leaking a little bit, I wouldn't worry about it. Does it close down at all, or does it seem the same no matter if the engine is cold or hot? Can you adjust your idle to normal rpm's when the engine is warmed up. All there is inside is a bi-metal spring that winds and unwinds with the oil temperature. maybe your shaft that it turns is stuck. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~