Re: [T3] Just how hot is too hot?

[DGaries808@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/23/02 1:06:30 AM Central Daylight Time, 
DGaries808@aol.com writes:

<< Subj:     Re: [T3] Just how hot is too hot?
 Date:  7/23/02 1:06:30 AM Central Daylight Time
 From:  DGaries808@aol.com
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 In a message dated 7/22/02 9:06:05 PM Central Daylight Time, 
vwfye@widaho.net 
 writes:
 
 << Subj:     Re: [T3] Just how hot is too hot?
  Date:  7/22/02 9:06:05 PM Central Daylight Time
  From:  vwfye@widaho.net (Brian)
  Sender:    type3@vwtype3.org
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  To:    type3@vwtype3.org
  
  jacob,
  only 4 things will cause an aircooled vw to run hot.  
  1) total advance is way off!  i have seen brazilian dizzys allow alomst 
  60 btdc of advance!!!!!!  
  2) something blocking the cooling air from going where it needs to (aka 
  nests)
  3) you are not getting fuel and causing a run lean condition... 
  skyrocketing head temps!!! no power, gets worse when warm.
  4) no oil to cool the car... this one causes the car to stop running 
  very abruptly!  
  
  hope this helps
  
 Maybe it's something simple such as a busted rear air boot. A busted boot 
 will cause
 an engine to overheat because the cooling air escapes out the boot. Once I 
 replaced one of those boots and lowered the temperature from "so hot you 
 can't touch it" to "reasonably hot."  If the temperature is "so hot you 
can't 
 touch it" that's the first thing that I would check.
 
 Don Garies
 dgaries808@aol.com                                                           
 
                                                                              
 
I mean the boot that goes around the crankshaft and is about 12 inches wide 
and 4 inches deep. They usta cost about $25. 

Don                                               
 
 

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