[T3] Lost power when warm?

Jeff Palmer w.jeff.palmer at icloud.com
Wed Sep 11 15:57:06 PDT 2024


They are carb only though?
Jeff (with FI)

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> On Sep 11, 2024, at 5:41 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
> On 11 Sep 2024 at 7:15, Soren Jacobsen wrote:
> 
>>>> On Sep 11, 2024, at 5:40AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 10 Sep 2024 at 22:12, Jeff Palmer wrote:
>>> 
>>>> If it turns out the thermostat has failed, how do you feel about the ones
>>>> that are sold now? They are different than original, right?
>>> 
>>> I have no experience with them, but I'm skeptical, since I've heard that they
>>> do NOT fail safe. They work on the same wax plug principal as the
>>> thermostats in water cooled cars. Still, probably better than nothing.
>> 
>> I wouldn't want one on my car.  If a working used original thermostat proves
>> too difficult to obtain, this kind person makes original style thermostats:
> 
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2686301
> 
> Wow, that's great news. A bit expensive, but that's probably what we get for
> needing non mass produced items.
> 
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