<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I think Keith must be doing an experiment on the longevity of a well-maintained Type 3 engine. It's brave to continue well past the normal service life to find out when it will expire, perhaps catastrophically. Better to rebuild before that happens.<br><br>I know my engine is coming up to a rebuild as it rumbles for a few seconds until the oil pressure comes up. It does deter its use to take the club display stuff to a VW event, so I've been using the Golf 3 TDI Variant instead, but it's only delaying the rebuild.<br><br>Dave.<br>UK VW Type 3 and 4 Club<br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">Jim Adney</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">16/11/2017 15:46</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:type3@vwtype3.org">type3@vwtype3.org</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [T3] Happy Birthday Hothe!</span><br><br></div>On 14 Nov 2017 at 22:28, Keith Park wrote:<br><br>> Opinions? Should I guts it out to the 18 invasion with it?<br><br>You've got more than 6 months, and you must have spare engine parts <br>stashed around there. Why not build yourself a nice new TYPE 3 engine? <br>You could do this easily in the time available, and that would save you a lot <br>of stress on that drive. <br><br>-- <br>*******************************<br>Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org<br>Madison, Wisconsin, USA<br>*******************************<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>VWType3.Org mailing list - type3@vwtype3.org<br>To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:<br>http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org<br>If you need more help, contact: gregm@vwtype3.org<br></body></html>