[T3] Smoke....

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Tue Jul 22 20:20:46 PDT 2014


On 22 Jul 2014 at 20:14, J. Jonik wrote:

> 71 T III Std FI runs just fine....but what's with exhaust smoke
> puffing out at start every two or three times...in hot weather? 

It's just oil which has pooled along the bottom of one of the 
cylinders when parked. In general it means nothing, other than the 
fact that our cylinders are horizontal, so they don't tend to drain 
very well.

It's worse if you're parked at a slight sideways angle.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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