[T3] Injector gas leak into engine oil?

[James Abernathy]

Persuaded me to leave it alone. Thanks

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> On Jun 15, 2017, at 10:08 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 15 Jun 2017 at 19:22, James Abernathy wrote:
>> 
>> Any clue about reviving rear window defroster on a type 3 ?
> 
> The OE defroster grids consisted of a brown non-conductive primer on the 
> glass with a silver conductive strip on top of the primer. The metallic 
> conductive upper layer tended to corrode and disappear, leaving the brown 
> primer.
> 
> The heated rear window was rated at 45 W. With a system voltage of 14.2 V, 
> that means that the window should have a resistance of ~4.5 Ohms. As the 
> metallic portion erodes away, the resistance goes up. So you can judge the 
> condition of the defroster by measuring its resistance. If you've got one that 
> measures 10 Ohms or so, that's excellent. If it measures over 20 Ohms it's 
> worthless. By now, most of them measure infinity.
> 
> There are kits that provide conductive paint that you can use to repair the 
> conductive traces. I think that's possible, but it would be laborious and it 
> would have to be painstaking to achieve an result to be proud of. There may 
> be special tape out there, made for easy pinstriping, that might make this 
> easier, but I'm not sure about that.
> 
> This would be an interesting challenge for John J's pinstriping talents.
> 
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