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try washing the engine, a clean engine will let you know if you have any other leaks. hisham 70 sq ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Briglia" <jbrig@enter.net> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 7:13 PM Subject: [T3] SMOKE!!! > I finally finished changing the oil cooler seals on my '73 fastback. When I > got everything back together and started the car, I realized that the > original braided fuel hose coming in to the engine was leaking badly. I > replaced the line and started the car again to find that it idles faster > than it used to and it idles evenly where it used to surge and then almost > stall out. The car drives better than ever with less hesitation and more > even acceleration, however, when I got home from my test drive, the left > side of the engine was smoking heavily. The smoke seemed to be coming up > from the heat exchanger. There was alot of sludge left on the engine from > the leaky oil cooler plus, I used a significant amount of Liquid Wrench to > get the shroud off. I'm wondering if all of this is just burning off or if I > have a bigger problem. Any advice? > > Joel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet] > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Surfside Internet]