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On 7 Aug 2002, at 22:49, Lori Aronson wrote: > I rebuilt my first ever motor, a 1776 for my 68 square! I have about 140 > miles on it so far and had valve cover problems and oil sprayed everywhere. > I fixed the oil leak, pressure washed the engine and went on an hour long > trip, no leaks but after car was hot lots of smoke seen at low speeds and > when parked. Should I be concerned or do you think it is just oil in the > cooling tin that will eventually burn off on its own? It is probably just the remnants of the old oil burning off. You should be able to look and see where it is coming from. > After we pulled off the freeway, the oil light flickers but a quick feather > to the gas solves that. My pressure gauge at idle at this point reads 6 to > 7 psi. Is that normal on a new motor? While on freeway after engine is > warm, At 60 mph it produces about 30 psi oil pressure on my vdo. I am > running 10w40 oil right now. Should I be running detergent? This is probably fine. Just make SURE that you have all the cooling tin in place and the cooling intake bellows intact and installed. Don't underestimate what a few "minor" omissions can do to your cooling. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/