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On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 15:34, Jim Adney wrote: > > Are ALL(see the pictures in the Bentley manual) your bits of cooling tin in > place, and is the cooling air intake bellows in good shape? Is the thermostat > working and adjusted right? > > If there is something wrong with the fuel system, you could be diluting the oil > with gas, which will thin it out. What's your gas mileage like? It should be > over 20 mpg. What year do you have and is it FI or carbs? > > Or, maybe your sensor is just out on the edge of the bell curve. > > Has this engine done this all the time you've had it? What grade of oil do you > use, and how often has it been changed? You could try switching to straight SAE > 30, but I don't recommend going thicker than that. Modern 10W-40 is fine, > however. I would also add that you said your car sat outisde for a few years. There is a VERY GOOD possiblity that you have mouse nests in the engine cooling shrouds. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~