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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I usually like to see 1500 miles before I start driving a new engine "normally" Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback (with no empty nipples!) 65 Notchback (still suckin its gas!) 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: Martinez, Leon <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:08 PM Subject: [T3] My engine/car update > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > > </x-charset>