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On 19 Nov 2005 at 0:36, David Y wrote: > I was just our in the garage pondering my engine/cooling and noticed that > my left inner quarter seal is dry and cracked in places, and especially > near the bottom-rear mount, where there are a few chunks missing (a 1/2 > inch gap at one point and several 1/4 inch gaps) and there is heavy > cracking. Could hot engine air be entering into the system through these > cracks/gaps, and if so, since they are rather small, could this cause a > noticeable engine temp increase? It seems like a leak there could not amount to much. There is also supposed to be a seal around the louvers, so even a completely missing lower seal should not suck in hot air, unless the inner fender wall is rusted out under your rear quarter panel. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~