[T3] Re/ Runs Great...but very hot...

[Keith Park]

Yes, all that can be done with the engine in the car, you need to pull up
the right tin,upper and lower, and you can get at it all.  You may have to
remove the top inner cylinder head bolts to install the pivot if its missing
but you can still do it in the car.

Keith


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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of J. Jonik
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Subject: [T3] Re/ Runs Great...but very hot...

Thanks a million for info about thermostat and flaps etc.   I don't know
how, after all these years, this never came up with mechanics...or in the
"how to" books.

So....I have thermostats and the mountings and all that.   As per the
Bentley book, it SEEMS that the stuff can be installed without pulling the
engine.   Since my heavy duty floor jack was stolen a couple of years ago,
I'd have to go round up a new or borrowed one to do that.     
    If I can hear that, yes, the job can be done without removing the
engine, that would be an incentive to get fearlessly to work.


Subject: Re: [T3] Re/ Runs Great...but very hot...
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Oh yea, a missing thermostat will dilute things even in the summer.  That
thermostat is CRITICAL to proper warmup, remember... your warming the engine
up to 220F from 70F or colder, so 20F or 70F doesn?t make much difference,
it?s a huge warmup and needs to be done as quickly as possible, wiring the
flaps open will not make it run any cooler, it will just make it warm up
more slowly, and that causes considerable wear.

Here in the Northeast, the engines wear out about twice as fast under normal
use with no thermostat.
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