[T3] Engine Craziness (was Dwell Meter...)

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Sat Mar 10 20:36:53 PST 2012


On 10 Mar 2012 at 20:00, Tony Rongey wrote:

> This was a vertical crack in the body of the cap next to one of the terminals.  
> Looks like a typical stress crack you'd see in metal that's not annealed right.  
> One of those basic things you know you should look for first, but convince 
> yourself isn't the problem.
> The car is idling MUCH better now, and I can start it when it's hot!

Was the crack near one of the hold-down seats?

That's a pretty unusual problem. I don't think I've ever seen it 
before. Was this a Bosch cap?

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