Re: [T3] Back from my trip, bad news (long)

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 28 Aug 2003 at 15:18, tristessa wrote:

> Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:

> >you should at least be alert to the possibility that it was 
> >caused by a problem on that side of the engine making it run 
> >lean and hot.

> Judging from the color of the plugs and the deposits I'd say that side
> was running a tad lean, but nothing *too* major. 

I hear from a reliable source that lead free gas really doesn't allow much plug 
color change with lean running. According to this guy, whom I trust, by the 
time you can see a color change its way too late.

> >loose. This was on a # 2 bearing; not sure what effect this 
> >would have on # 3, but pretty sure that it would destroy the 
> >case on #1. Still, it probably means 

> It's the upper stud on the #1 bearing, FWIW.

I'd still retighten it and give it a go.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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