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On 11 Sep 2003 at 21:52, Keith Park wrote: > Well, another 600 highway miles on the Berg 1679 in the Notch and #1 exaust > is down to no clearance again... and #2 is down to .003!! the left head is > fine but Ive lost my warm N fuzzy with this motor... looks like Ive got a > bad head!! I still need to do a compression test on that cylinder and see > where its at now... It could also be a mixture problem with the right carb.... If that side was running hotter this might be the result. > Oil Pressure on the highway is much better with the Bosch filter than the > Fram. 39 PSI at speed on an 80 degree day... with 10W30 is just about where > Id expect it. HOWEVER, when I come to a stop its down to 5PSI or so... I > should see around 12 so im still concerned that the full flow system is > putting too much of a restriction on the oil pump. This is sufficent for > now but as the engine wears and ages.. Remember, the thing that really counts is flow, not pressure, although pressure is a rough indicator of flow. Due to reduced restriction, a late case will show less pressure than an early case at the same temp and flow. > ANyone have a full flow system on a higher mileage motor? Like 80K or > more?? Years of experience with full flow using Fram filters. Any engines I've ever had to tear down showed no lubrication problems. Most never got torn down again. All went over !00k before the bodies rusted out or the engine just got retired. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org