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Check your valve lash to start. This might be tightening valves. >>>>>Here is the problem; when driving on the freeway, about 65 >>>>>mph (also happened once on a hill), the car cut out as if >>>>>only running on about 2 cylinders, I limped of the exit >>>>>ramp and pulled over. The engine was literally smoking >>>>>hot. I started up again after only about one minute (It >>>>>ran normally at this point) so I connected the timing >>>>>light and confirmed the position at 0degs. The only things >>>>>I could notice were that it seemed to wander about 2 >>>>>degrees and a very bad post ignition run-on (dieseling). >>>>>After a few minutes of cooling it seems to run well again. What distributor are you using? >>>> >>>>>I believe that I do have all the tin installed? When I am >>>>>looking down on the engine I can see the ground on both >>>>>sides of the engine, is this supposed to be closed off? Definitely! If you can see head or cyl or in between them from motor top on any type 1 2 or 3, you are missing tin. If you can see straight UP and see them, you are missing tin. You are probably not cooling your P and C's and Heads very much at all then, as what you describe entails you are missing both upper and lower cyl tin, let alone the pieces that go in between the Cyls and head to block up the center. Got pics of that engine? I wouldn't drive it until you show us that engine tin. I just saw some trike engine burn, lack of tin also. Al ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/