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Drove the car up to the lake and back after washing down the engine, The new oil cooler seals are indeed toast. I have learned from Jim that I have some crappy aftermarket seals on it that didn't survive the desert heat so Im going to replace them with the silicone ones (Still willing to just sell them to me Jim?). Pulled the dead thermostat, looks like there MAY be a stress crack on the top of the bellow eminating out from the middle, the top plate is rather worn where it rubs against the thermostat frame in the fully open position. Im wondering just a bit if I didn't *pop* this one in the desert heat? I pulled the good one off the old Notch engine and have installed that, it looked in perfect shape. Got the exaust donuts sealed up again, the cruise servo off to resolder, and hopefully then I can have this car all set. Ran great on the trip though. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~