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Thanks for the reply. It does run a little ruff. The enigine will cut in and out like it isn't firing in that cylinder. What should I check first? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 5:28 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] Oil problems On 5 Jan 2005 at 16:03, Iturzaeta , Joseph wrote: > My square smokes really bad. I changed the plugs and one of the plugs > had oil on it. I forgot the cylinder number, but it's the cylinder on > the right hand side at the tranny. What could be causing the oil to > get in the chamber? I can only think of the rings. Is there something > else that could be going wrong? That's the # 3 cylinder. The most likely thing is that there's something wrong with or at that cylinder that's keeping it from firing. It could be as bad as a burned valve, or as simple as a broken fuel injector wire. How is the power and gas mileage? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~