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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Good to hear you finally got your car on the road. > My oil temps are very low is this bad ? Four adults, uphill 50 mph for a few > minutes, full sun > gives me oil temps that are so low that it only feels warm at the stick, > probably under 130 > degrees max. I am thinking of placing a thermostat on my cooler system soon. > Cool oil bad ? The sand rail guys down here say that cold oil is not the > best and that > warm oil like mine is desireable under heavy use, hot oil breaks down and > fails. > What do you guys think????? The thermostat in your oil system is a good idea. When the oil stays cold the viscosity stays high, which is not a good thing because it can cause excessive heat on the bearing surfaces (higher friction) when the engine is warm. When oil gets to hot the viscosity goes down and the oil wedge between the moving parts is lost and you end up with metal to metal contact. The worst thing is by the time you know there's a problem the damage is already done. Talk with you engineering types at work, they can give you a nuts and bolts insight > I need some input from people with hydraulic cams too. I have a 26mm > pump that replaced the 32 mm that matched my old deep dish cam gear. > The oil pressure boost springs were installed and an oil filter is in place. > Slip in hydraulic lifters similar to the stock solid lifter is installed and > swivelfoot adjusters are in place.My valve train has some very low volume > sound but not the usual clatter.Sometimes during cold startup one lifter > some times clicks but noise goes away when warm up is done. > Is the valve train supposed to be as quiet as any japanese/american/german > hydraulic engine or is there supposed to be a low 'swish-swish' noise > comming from the valve cover, is this normal for a hydraulic aircooled > engine????? After solid lifters the hydraulic lifters take some time getting use to the no noise. I have a set in my 72 Squareback with a 30 mm high volume oil pump, and YES they are quit as any modern engine with the same lifters. You should really like them. See ya on the 805 or 5 Jim S. ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>