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Re: [T3] the red light flicker is haunting me....


On 23 Nov 99, at 13:29, mark kaylor wrote:

> my cooling bellows are a little shot, but not too bad. plus, this couldn't 
> possibly to enough to make my engine run this hot!

A torn cooling intake bellows can certainly make an engine run hot! 
It allows the engine to draw in hot air off the exhaust instead of 
cool air from the outside of the car. So just how shot is "a little 
shot?"

> i am missing the long paper hoses that go from the front of the car to the 
> back.  would this make my engine run that hot?

These will not affect your engine temp.

> the only thing i can thing of is maybe setting my idle a little higher...its 
> at around 850-900 right now. 

This sounds fine.

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