[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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