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You normally cant hold onto the dipstick with the engine at temp, it really cant overheat unless its really running lean and then only on a highway trip. If you filter is on top of the engine that could cause vapor lock I suppose but I really doubt your overheating so long as the cyl fins and oil cooler are clean. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: knowonelse@sbcglobal.net [mailto:knowonelse@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 4:44 PM To: T3 List Subject: [T3] Fuel Issues - Overheating? As I briefly mentioned in my long ramble, when I got back from a drive, I stopped and it wouldn't re-start until it got cooled off a bit. I checked the clear fuel filter when this happened and I found that there was no fuel in the filter. The engine was definitely hot as I couldn't hold on to the oil dipstick and it just plain felt hot in there. I suspect that it got hot enough to expand the fuel in the filter creating a vapor situation where the mechanical pump wouldn't pump the vapor. It needs a liquid to be able to function properly. I have none of the thermostat components, so they can't have failed closed. What are some other things I can look for causes of overheating? Jeff '67 Sqbk -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.9/382 - Release Date: 7/4/06 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~