RE: [T3] REMOTE OIL COOLER EXPERIENCE

["Erkson, Toby" <toby.erkson@intel.com>]

Hmm, the one big problem I see is that you've changed the stock cooling
system AND lowered the compression AND fixed the injector problem -- I'll
bet anything that it was the lower compression change that made the cooling
difference, along with the injector fix, and NOT the custom oil cooler and
RTV work.

RTVing the seams may help but relocating the stock oil cooler I highly
doubt.  Stock cars have never had any cooling issues.  What's happened is
you've made multiple fixes and their sum doesn't necessarily equate to
better cooling.  The only properly executed fix I see is the injector work
you did and making sure the stock thermostat properly works.

I don't want you to take what I'm saying in a harsh manner but whenever one
tries to problem solve or fix something the only way to really see if it
works is to make observations/changes *one step at a time*.  By changing
multiple items you really don't have any validation as to what *really* had
an affect.

   Toby Erkson
   air_cooled_nut@pobox.com  <-- Please use this address for email
   '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed
   '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension
   Portland, Oregon, http://www.icbm.org/

>-----Original Message-----
>...I do not know much about the technicalities of the cooling air flow of
our
>type3 but when I first got my car a couple of years ago these engines
seemed
>like alien technology since I was accustomed to American big blocks with
>four throat carburetors. I decided to learn all by on hands training
>including how cooling happens with these strange engines. 
...

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