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Re: [T3] Number 4 issues..


<x-flowed>Engine life is maximized by keeping all thermostatic devices installed.
Start-up, when all parts are cold, is when most normal engine wear takes place -- the faster the engine warms up, the less wear.
Keep the thermostat and air flaps in operation to help the engine when it's cold.



----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Sanderson" <porschedave@rennlist.net>
To: "type3" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [T3] Number 4 issues..



Hi

We got our blown engine apart and it was a mess. However, it was the number 1 rod that let go not the # 4 that everyone else seems to have experienced. We're thinking that the engine must have overheated because those little flaps on the back of the cooling fan did not open. We're not 100% sure about that but have no other explanation unless the parts I used to build the engine were not as good as I thought. The case appeared to be fine and the machine shop said that they didn't think it needed boring. The crank had been reground 0.020 with all new bearings etc. So, my best guess is the engine simply got too hot. We're now thinking, when we build the next engine, that we will remove those flaps completely. We live in the Pacific Northwest, Vancouver B.C., where it never gets that cold and so we probably don't need those flaps. Maybe the engine will simply run a bit cooler all the time. Does that make sense to you?

Dave

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