Re: [T3] "cool tin" - Do I need it or not?

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@dataflake.org>]

<x-flowed>> I'm getting ready to put my stock 1600 DP engine back together.  I 
> asked an my local VW boneyeard abut T3 "cool tin".  I was told that it 
> was a one year only item and was not needed.  When I pulled the engine 
> it had the small (relatively) flat deflectors below the cylinders that 
> I've seen on T1 engines.  Is there really an advantage to using "cool 
> tin"? It gets pretty hot down here in Texas.  I figure the engine can 
> use all the help it can get.

My advice: Don't trust those people anymore. Whoever claims that parts 
of the cooling system are "not needed" is obviously incompetent. VW did 
not put those deflectors in there for fun.

jens


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