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On 24 Sep 2001, at 17:20, phil cain wrote: > Some time back I posed a problem , tried all the remedies came up > dry. Built another engine to try it , upon pulling out engine #1 to > replace it with engine #2 ,I got in a little deeper, with #2 in > place I started to tear down #1 ,found intake manifold's loose on > both sides, meanwhile(#2 was up and running fine)I looked under the > car and #2 has a massive oil leak on the pump. If the manifolds > would cause gas & oil to mix I'll go back to #1. If not I'll fix > the oil leak on #2. Oil pump cover plate came from a bad neaborhood, > must be bad too. Loose manifolds would be expected to cause the carbs to run lean, but perhaps someone overcompensated with giant jets and now it's dumping in extra gas which ends up in with the oil. You're in the best position to judge the oil pump problem. You DO have the right oil pump, don't you? (You checked the matchup of the inlet and outlet as you were putting it together, right?) - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe