[tcb] Re: Technical Question - Oil and Engine Heat
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:17:42 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
That should be plenty rich.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 15, 2006 11:08 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Technical Question - Oil and Engine Heat
>
>Dual Weber ICT (34's).
>Main Jet = Went from 130 to 140
>Pilot Jet = Went from 52 to 60
>
>> I'd also ask what carbs are you running and what was the jetting,
>> especially the idle jet numbers for the carbs?
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Sawyer
>> Sent: Jun 15, 2006 10:06 AM
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Technical Question - Oil and Engine Heat
>>
>> Try replacing the Scat pulley with a stock one and see if it makes any
>> difference.
>>
>> Eric Woodall wrote: Yeah, nothing in the fan.
>> Scat degree pulley.
>> All seals and tin in place.
>> I plan on getting at least a few hundred more miles on the engine before
>> the trip...
>> Thanks Mark, I'll be there on the 25th.
>>
>>> That's right on the money. Do you have all your engine to body seals in?
>>> I
>>> know this sounds stupid but did you check the fan for a cleaning rag
>>> getting sucked in? Are you running stock pulleys or a aftermarket degree
>>> wheel? I have seen degree wheels be a little smaller and cause a heating
>>> problem because the fan is not turning fast enough. It's starting to
>>> sound
>>> like you just need to get some more miles on the engine. I will be gone
>>> this weekend, but for who ever is going to Denis's with us, I will have
>>> a
>>> tech session at my house on the 25th. (I will also be reinstalling the
>>> vanagon engine again, I hope)---mark
>>>
>>> Eric Woodall wrote: Dizzy = 010 (mech. adv)
>>> Timing = 28 (full advance)
>>>
>>>> What distributor are you running and what is the timing set at??
>>>>
>>>> Eric Woodall wrote: Deck lid is not too hot to
>>>> touch, although it is pretty damn hot...
>>>>
>>>>> Is the deck lid to hot to touch after you have been driving for a
>>>>> while??
>>>>> The only reliable temp guage I have ever used is one that has the
>>>>> sending
>>>>> unit in place of the cap on the pressure relief valve. ASK Imports
>>>>> usually
>>>>> has them in stock.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eric Woodall wrote: Engine size is 1600.
>>>>> A very un-stock 1600. I am contemplating unhooking my berg dipstick
>>>>> until
>>>>> the engine breaks in. The damn thing is making me crazy...
>>>>>
>>>>>> New engines naturally run hot until everything breaks in. Do not run
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> synthetic oil until after you 2nd or 3rd oil change. If you do, the
>>>>>> rings
>>>>>> will never seat properly. I forget what size engine you are running.
>>>>>> With
>>>>>> the miles you have on it now, I would add maybe a half of quart of
>>>>>> Royal
>>>>>> Purple Oil mixed in with my regular oil change. I did this to one of
>>>>>> my
>>>>>> engines that I built and it dropped my engine temp by 15 degrees.
>>>>>> ---mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric Woodall wrote: Hello list members,
>>>>>> Been a while since I've been on the list! Good to be back!
>>>>>> Here's the deal. I recently got my '66 Split on the road, with a New
>>>>>> (not
>>>>>> rebuilt) enine, new transaxle, new brakes, etc., etc., etc.
>>>>>> I just had my Dual Weber ICT's rejetted to fit my engine specs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had Jeff (local vw mechanic guru) rejet the carbs, and diagnose
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> he
>>>>>> thought was causing the bus to run hot.
>>>>>> Right now I am running straight 40 weight oil, and my bus is still
>>>>>> running
>>>>>> hot around town (Gene Berg Dipstick).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are my fellow Texas bus friends running multigrade oil?
>>>>>> Are you all running multi grade synthetic oil?
>>>>>> Do new engines run hotter until they're broken in? (only about 450
>>>>>> miles
>>>>>> on this one)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really don't want to get into a crazy heated debate about oil, a la
>>>>>> type2.com list, but I am just curious.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I kind of need to sort this out before going on the long treck up to
>>>>>> northwestern Arkansas at the end of the month.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
Other related posts:
