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I'd recommend having the engine torn down and gone over. Changing the exhaust [with a unit commonly available] won't cause oil fouling...he must've done something else. For oil filtration you need a Gene Berg unit. The oil pumps with the filter attachment won't work on our engines (thank God!) because of the engine parts in the way but they also are simply not a good system...Jim A. can explain why. **I was intending on doing a teardown already....just didn't know about replacments of stock engine parts w/ newer pieces...not alot of sites seem to tailor towards type 3's...just beetles and nuses.. J-tubes won't do diddly for you in terms of performance on a stock engine AND you'll have no heat...not good for winter driving! An electric heater simply won't cut it, a gas unit would be way better. **Found type 3 heater boxes on ebay for fairly cheap...brazil make...the j-pipe deal was an idea of taking advantage the extra amps generated by the alternator kit....winter driving isn't going to happen very often...tend to use public transportation whenever possible.... If you plan on doing any of your own work then you need to get a Bentley shop manual. Period. **Have the Bentley manual already...came w/ the car....does the Hayes manual have better exploded diagrams though?....I'm used to those far more than pictures...(industrial electronics tech by trade..small gas engines....plasma cutters...welders...just never messed w/ FI systems) Also, wanting to replace the heater boxes with J-tubes simply because they're a less expensive option is the wrong attitude and the path to a crappy car that will eventually get abandoned (because you'll 'fix' other parts of the car with the same cheap methodology). My III cents. **I disagree w/ the methodology though...I tend to overfix things..and simplify/minimize things if possible...AC systems are wasted on me....never use them....no reason to have...I know it doesn't apply to the type 3 but the idea is the same...heat won't be used much...so it's a sacrificable system in my mind as long as it doesn't hinder engine performance Toby Erkson -- Portland, Oregon -- http://www.icbm.org/ '72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top '95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE tranny w/Peloquin LSD, 270ΒΌ, TT Chip, SCCA Solo 2 EP#3 '73 Porsche 914 2.0L WIP; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped ----- Original Message ----- I've just come across a completely stock '69 squareback w/ FI.....only 66K on the engine....it's been barn stored for around 30 years...the son of the original owner tried to use it for a winter car...(it was barned for having a small fuel leak)...a new bosch electronic fuel pump has been installed...and cap and wires..injectors and plugs...he stopped using it due to the plugs getting oil fouled quickly after he tried to put a different exhaust on.... Will j-pipes interfer w/ cold weather driving....thinking of replacing the heater boes w/ them since they're much cheaper...and installing a alternator inplace of the generator...which seems to have some arc spots on the stator...should allow me to run a small electric heater. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com