[T3] My engine/car update

["Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil>]

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I have just placed 820 miles on my newly rebuilt engine after less than two 
weeks of driving , I could have placed more on it but I had to drive family
members around a little less for a while.

I am satisfied with the results, I will give the car an oil change this
weekend,
check timing again, tweek the mixture again (mixture needs changes as engine
is
run in ) , check plugs and compression.

The hydraulic lifters are working fine but in the morning one seems to have 
leaked over night  and sounds just like a stock one until I drive the car
for a
minute, it is always a different one and not always happens. My oil 
filter is probably doing it's job but a little crap may be still floating
around.
I will give my oil filter an autotopsy to see what it has caught and give a
report on it. I will also check my sump magnets to see if any fuzziness 
and/or stuff are on them.

I wonder if I have the 'go ahead' now to drive my car at abusive speeds and 
pedal to the metal low gear take offs all the time like I used to.

I have an odd little observance with temperature, my engine is hottest when
the day is cold and I drive it down the Mexican expressway five minutes 
from my house for 10 to 15 minutes, it runs at 350 + degrees F at 50 miles
an hour,
outside temps at high 40's at 4 AM .
As I am at the Mexican border , the engine cools off for 10 to 15 minutes to
275 degrees F at very slow idle, then on the American border side down
Interstate 5 
at 55 miles an hour the engine temps stay between 300 and 325 degrees F . 

Is this difference  in Highway temps due to my thermostat not fully warmed
up ?
Is it possible that the engine is intilally warmer in real cold weather (45
deg f
California wheather whimp ) then cools down as engine air warms up to move
the 
thermostat or is the injection catching up , in cold it is supposed to be
mixture rich
so it should not get warmer. In the day time the temps are under 350 deg F .

Just curious about engine getting hotter when really cold.
Any thoughts ?

LEON MARTINEZ

1969 SQUAREBACK EFI/AUTO
SANDIEGO AND TIJUANA




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