Re: [T3] Great Clouds of Smoke!

["Steve Bradley" <scscomp@bellsouth.net>]

Dave mentioned this. I've always refilled my engines with 3 qts. I just 
looked in Bentley and it says the correct capacity is 5.3 pints. I guess 
I've been overfilling 1/2 qt. for all these years.

BTW,  how do you calibrate the dipstick? That's a new one on me.


From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:39 PM



> Subject: Re: [T3] Great Clouds of Smoke!
>
> I don't know if it went through a rebuild with this problem or not. The PO
> had the engine rebuilt at the VW dealer before he sold it to me. There was
> about 15K on the rebuild when I got it. I've put about 5K on it. Also, it
> sat un-driven for 5 years before he sold it to me. It had the problem when
> I
> bought it.

At various points in the life of the engine in my Square, it would fog the
town on deceleration if Ive been at highway speeds for a while, mainly with
the second set of heads.  It would do it for a year so then not for a
while... not at startup though.  I attributed it to leaving off the oil
scaper/seals on the valve stems but the past couple years I noticed it
mainly when the oil was filled to the line, which it turns out is OVER full!
At 113K its still fine, and I keep the oil level about half way up and its
full and not smoking.

Maybe your overfilling it without knowing it because the dipstick
calibration is off?


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