[T3] more questions on The Baroness

[Keith Park]

Doubtful,you'd hear the gear whine if they got the align bore off and your
oil pressure would be in the toilet.  If you ran it without an oil with ZDDP
in it, especially if you broke it in without the ZDDP that is likely what
took out the cam, the other thing you need to do on startup is keep it
running about 2500 RPM WITHOUT letting it idle to break in the cam.

You should be able to see cam problems thru the sump though....

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Fiesta Cranberry
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 7:15 PM
To: Volkswagen
Subject: [T3] more questions on The Baroness

Hi guys,
I was just talking to my bf's coworker, who happens to be a VW nut.  He
told me some interesting stuff.

He says that if it is the camshaft, it may have been caused by a bad rebore
of the case.  So, the case would have to be sent out and rebored again.  He
thinks it would be better to buy a new block, instead of fixing what's in
there.  What do you guys think about that?

We haven't taken the engine out yet.  I need a place to stash The Baroness
for a month while Lloyd works on the engine in my garage.

Lori & The Baroness, '71 SB Automatic carbs



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