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Your gage is wrong. even when using the 20W 50 (which I feel is only for shot motors or the desert) the stock VW will never run this high under the described conditions. Keith ---------- > From: OurVWs@aol.com > To: jadney@vwtype3.org; type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: Oil Cooler: Type 3 Engine > Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 11:21 AM > > Is my Type 3 way off then? > > I run at between 65 and 70 PSI before the engine is totally warmed up, and > runs at around 50 PSI at idle before warmed completly. Once the motor is at > temp, it runs between 60 and 65 at 3500 RPM and down as low as 20 PSI at idle > (after coming off the freeway when the motor is fairly hot - like 225). As > the temp reaches 220, the pressure drops to around 50 PSI. Recently (due to > responces I received from a post on oil grades tro run) I have been running > 20 W 50. > > Page (& Peggy) > Mission Viejo, CA > E-Mail: OurVWs@aol.com > Web: http://members.aol.com/OurVWs > '68 \X/ Squareback - 1776 w/Dual Webers > '66 \X/ Kombi - Stock - So Far > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe