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On 18 Nov 2005 at 11:01, Jim Adney wrote: > On 17 Nov 2005 at 22:57, David Y wrote: > > > Today, it was a bit warmer out (80F > > outside temp), I pushed it harder, and still wasn't able to come close to > > busting 200F... really, I tried! ;) I figure on a hot summer day, I'll be > > running at around 210-220F on the freeway if I'm driving hard, which is > > acceptable in my book, and will allow me to watch the road instead of the > > gauge (always a bonus ;). > > It sounds like you've got a solution, but I'm still puzzled by why this was > happening at all. It's certainly possible that the larger engine is the cause, > but most of your test should have gone the same with a stock engine, which > we're pretty sure would have done fine. It's also possible that your gas tank has lost its vent for some reason. If this happens the tank could come under vacuum and vapor lock could result from trying to pull gas from the tank while the tank was trying to pull it back. As a test, next time you have this problem you could open your gas cap and see if you get an ingoing "whoosh", followed by easier starting. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~