[T3] Flickering Oil Light

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Wed Oct 3 20:20:55 PDT 2012


On 3 Oct 2012 at 11:58, J. Jonik wrote:

> ---  Wait.  I was wrong about the oil breather.  The "new" one is the
> same as the "old" one. (Two caps on top, etc.)  BUT...difference is
> that the breather hose in "new" set-up connects to under the Air
> Distributor.  "Old" one just hung down attached to nothing at the
> bottom end. "Old" Air Distributor had no place to attach that hose. 
> That had something to do with correcting a Bad Overheating Situation
> up in Virginia foothills.  I can't remember why that was part of the
> solution. 

> Should I go back to the former Hang Down breather hose?...and change
> the Air Distributor back to the one with no hose attachment? 

I think you should be best off if you leave it connected as is.

> --- Another correction. The engine in my '71 was a '72 engine...which
> I put in way back when I changed the '71 from automatic to standard
> shift.  Of course, compatible "brain" was installed at the time. 

So you have a '72 brain in there with the '72 FI wiring harness. If 
so, and if you still have access to the donor '73 car, I'd advise 
swapping in the '73 brain.

> [ NB:  I'm trying Plain Text now...to maybe prevent the weird question
> marks. ] 

Looks good.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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