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On 3 May 2002, at 6:42, Daniel Baum wrote: > You're describing my car, so I suppose this may have been tried on my car by > somebody in the past. I am missing a hose from the fan housing duct to the air > cleaner, but it looks like that may have been what the car once had. As I have > never run the engine for more than a few minutes at a time, I have assumed up to > now that overheating was not going to be a problem (I hope), but I was certainly > wondering what to do about it. > So, would it be a good idea simply to connect the fan housing duct to the > air cleaner? there's a strong stream of cool air coming out of it that's > just going to waste a the moment. My cooling system (and exhaust I think) > has been hacked about quite a bit, so some reconstruction is obviously going to > be necessary. It's probably better to duct it to the carbs than to just let it spill out. There's one more base to cover: Do these carbs have a float bowl vent? If so, it should probably be fed from the same "pressurized" air. I have no idea how hard this might be. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe