Re: Oil Cooler: Type 3 Engine

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

Keith may be right here, but I'd like to point out that these cold 
figures are not that different from what he quoted as normal for 
cold. OTOH, the warm figures seem way too high. Somehow, I'd expect 
this gauge to read about 30 psi with the engine off.

Jim

On 29 Jun 99, at 21:32, Keith Park wrote:

> 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

> > 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.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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