Re: [T3] Learning is so much fun

[Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>]

	When I drain the oil from a hot engine, I refill first with about
two and a quarter quarts.  I check it again after sitting to make sure
it's all right, and the level's always o.k., but a bit low; I then top off
with another quarter quart or so, and I'm left with half a bottle of oil.

	Of course, that one time I was in a hurry to leave on a 200 mile
trip, I just dumped in the 2 & 1/2 quarts without checking.  Turns out I
hadn't fully warmed the engine.  About an hour or so down the highway,
*man* did it overheat.  Frothed oil, oil light raging at idle, oil leaking
out of everyplace, and even the air cleaner too hot to touch.  Incredible.

	Yes, learning *is* so much fun... ;)

-Greg
A Beetle
A Bus
Couple of Squarebacks

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