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Re: [T3] Altitude driving in a T3


On 25 Feb 2003 at 19:11, Russ wolfe wrote:

> Any chance to get into the case where the dip stick would be on a T-1.
> Or, if you modified the oil filler tube and measured the temperature of
> the oil in the sump.

The port on the type 3 oil cooler is really the perfect place for this, as this 
is the outlet side of the cooler and the oil from here goes right to work in 
the engine. We just need to find someone who makes a temp gauge with a long 
probe that will reach down into the oil and do its thing.

With the "normal" setup, it strikes me as possible that the temp probe might 
just be surrounded by a bubble of air which has been compressed above the oil. 
There's no way for this air to get bled out of there and any air bubbles would 
always accumulate there.

Just another reason to wish for a long temp probe. 

A pressure gauge, OTOH, doesn't care whether there is air in there or not.

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