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Not kidding about 70mph. My old fasty would not quite peg the speedo on top end. Just 3 or 4 mph short. Of course I didn't run around like that all the time, but 70mph was never unreasonable. The reason I mentioned this in the first place has been the fact that on more than one occasion (twice) after leaving a Bug show I have come across an air cooled V dub sitting next to the road. When I stop to enquire if they need help I am told that "I was blasting down the highway when I suddenly had this big cloud blow out behind the car." I do not know if the crankcase was over filled or the engine (rings?) were just not sealing well. But it seemed that the cars had been driven fast for several miles. The cars were both T1's but are technically related to t3's. One was basically stock.mC her was mildly modified. I have been in a T3 that has done this but was able to figure out what happened. Back when I was a teenager a friend of mine's mother had a 69 (?) fasty. Being helpful as we were, we changed the oil. We looked in the book for the amount of oil the car held and saw 5. So we added 5 quarts. Went for a test drive and when we hit 3rd gear.... Well, I will not go into that but it made quite a mess. And we both learned about VW's. Scott ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org