[T3] on my 73 T-3 FI ?

William J catnine09 at dslextreme.com
Fri Jul 29 13:49:16 PDT 2016


Just to add it didn't miss seemed to have the same power.
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From: "William J" <catnine09 at dslextreme.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 1:47 PM
Subject: [T3] on my 73 T-3 FI ?


>I drove it yesterday on a 20 mile round trip . It started fine and ran fine 
>then I reached the 10 miles and shut it off and it sat for 25 minutes. The 
>oil pressure was the same as always as was the RPM yet when I started it to 
>make the drive back it ran a bit lower in RPM but most of all it sounded 
>different I noticed I could feel this vib in the steering wheel it sounded 
>harsher .
>
> This is the first time since I replaced the MPS that it was hot out and a 
> longer drive than the usual 2 to 3 miles . It was in the 90's .
>
> It acted the same all the way home 10 miles and it only acted and sounded 
> like this in drive at a stop once I was just moving it sounded normal. The 
> idle very soon within the first 1/2 mile was steady and back to what it 
> normally is.  The VDO temp guage was @ 180* oil temp oil pressure was 20 
> low and 40 at speed.
>
> It seems heat was the change yet it dropped while driving . HTC or IAD 
> temp sensor?
>
> The only thing I changed parts wise was the MPS .
>
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