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On 6 Aug 98, at 18:26, zoofye wrote: > Got the squares timing, valves, plugs, points and heat flaps all working > okay. Still seem to have excessive heat though! Can't think of any > other culprit either, hum? The static timing is at 7.5 BTDC and the > total advance is at 28.5. The car runs this warm no matter which main > jets I run. I saw someone awhile back say that they had probs with the > oil level being incorrect on the dip stick. If I am 1 quart low, in > 100F days, just how much is the temp going to go up? Enough to cause > that, "i'm overheatin' smoke" to appear out from under the car? I had > that happen, but no lose of power and no oil light at idle. It also > only really smoked above 3800rpm-(gotta love that T3 tach). Your idle timing sounds a bit advanced to me (I'm not familiar with our carbed cars), but the max is fine. A change in oil level won't change the temp at all, only how fast it gets up to temp. Of course I'm assuming that you still have enough oil to provide adequate lubrication. If you pull your dipstick with the engine idling and hear a "slurping/gurgling" sound then your level is too low and this is the sound of the oil pump sucking air. A freshly built engine will always smoke as oil burns off the hot surfaces. Is this a new engine? Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe