<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div> 1) How to reply properly at this list? Do we have to copy and paste into whole new email?</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">2) Car doesn't ever threaten to stall. Idle seems fine...except that if I raise it, the flickering oil light, of course, goes away. But then idle seems too high. Will switch with any of my collection of Oil Pressure Sensors. No cure for some leakage from those things, eh?<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times
new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">3) When I was 30+ years old, I felt just fine. I will never live to see how my car works when it's MY age. Hmmm...like dog years vs. human years...what's the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Car Age</span></span> of a 71 VW? 107? 203? <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Message: 5<br>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:37:28 -0400 (EDT)<br>From: <a href="mailto:Bobsnotch@aol.com">Bobsnotch@aol.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [T3] Car Cures
Itself<br>Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:17ab3.510b3691.3efbade8@aol.com">17ab3.510b3691.3efbade8@aol.com</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>In a message dated 6/25/2013 5:29:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <br><a href="mailto:j_jonik@yahoo.com">j_jonik@yahoo.com</a> writes:<br> <br>Re; 71 FI Std shift....<br><br>Earlier I asked about why the car "cures itself" from <br>stumbling...stuttering...seeming like maybe only on 3 cylinders, AFTER going about three miles, <br>or after about five minutes. At that point, it's hard to look for a <br>problem that's no longer a problem.<br><br>On advice, checked that distributor drive was doing it's thing to spring <br>into position. It did. Made sure all wires were duly tight, double-checked <br>timing and point gap, and even cleaned up the spark plugs. All was ok <br>then, for a short
while.<br><br>But the symptoms are back. This time I got one Little Backfire. <br>Sometimes on starting, there's a some exhaust smoke. Also...I THINK...not <br>sure...that the oil level is a bit high...but I can't verify how flat the street <br>was to have gotten a good reading. If really high, instead of a bit down, <br>there MAY be, again, a problem with fuel <br>getting into the oil. How to assure that's not happening?<br><br>And, after about ten miles, the oil light flickers a little, and glows. <br>Idle seems at proper speed. No hints that the car wants to stall....and <br>after the stumbling stuff goes away (as if it just got a cleared out <br>something), the car performs perfectly...except for that oil light flicker.<br><br>Something's sending warning signals that all is not well.<br> <br> <br>OK, so you basically did a tune up, and
nothing changed. If I had to make <br>a guess, I'd say you have a leaking injector (1 that's not completely <br>shutting/closing off). This would give a little back fire when lit off (spark at <br>the plug, once dry), and would drain past the rings to mix with the oil <br>(higher oil level). This could also be the "wants to stall", until enough heat <br> has been developed, and enough cycle times on the injector, that it clears <br>out again (no running problems).<br> <br>The oil light can be a worn or tired oil pressure switch, worn bearings <br>(gas mixing with the oil, reducing the viscosity), or just general age and <br>wear and tear from use. Yes these engines will last a long time with proper <br>maintenance, but let them sit for a year (or more), and things start <br>happening that didn't happen before. I've seen it enough over the last 20+ years <br>I've owned and driven a type 3 (or
type 34). It happens, and there's not a <br>lot you can do about it. After all, a 71 type 3 IS 30+ years old now. ;-) <br><br>Bob 65 Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty<br>64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie<br>71 Square-vert under construction</div></div></body></html>