Re: [T3] Serious cooling problems!! HELP.

[DGaries808@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/23/01 6:08:46 AM Central Daylight Time, milfredo@nme.com 
writes:

<< Subj:     [T3] Serious cooling problems!! HELP.
 Date:  7/23/01 6:08:46 AM Central Daylight Time
 From:  milfredo@nme.com (Will Barratt)
 To:    type3@vwtype3.org
 
 Hello all,
 
 I think I have a serious problem with the cooling of my 71 Fastback. I drove 
it back from a show on Sunday (about a 2 hour drive) and when I got home I 
opened the engine compartment and the heat seemed very extreme! After you 
couldn’t touch any part of the engine or its components, fan housing, coil, 
generator etc were all too hot to touch, even for a second! 
 
 How could we tell if the cooling flaps are opening properly? The engine was 
rebuilt last November and we repeatedly tested that it worked fine then. How 
can they be serviced without pulling the engine? 
 
 We put a dab of white paint on the end of the ‘flap arm’ to see if would 
move after a drive but I’m reluctant to try this as I want to avoid any 
unnecessary damage to the engine.
 
 I did the timing, valve clearance and points on the Friday just in case that 
makes any difference.
 
 
 PLEASE HELP!
 
 Thanks,
 
 Will
 
 1971 1641TLE Fastback
 
I don't know about fastbacks, but if they are anything like Type 34 Karmann 
Ghias
there it a $25 air intake boot behind the engine (toward the rear bumper) 
that needs to be on or the car will overheat. Look in back of the engine near 
the crankshaft pulley. See that rubber device that comes off near the center 
of the pulley? That's the
boot I'm talking about. If the old one has deteriorated or come off, install 
a new one. At about $25, they are good insurance. It sounds to me like that's 
your problem.

Don Garies
dgaries808@aol.com
                                                                              
                                                                              
                            
 
 
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