> Your clues are key, I believe. I think you have a fuel problem. Especially > since the engine was fine before. I've had this happen on engines when I > used the little silver "pressure regulator" which I'm pretty sure just > restricts fuel. Berg clued me into this a little too late. I could melt > heat exchangers with this set-up, even though the car drove incredibly well, > I could do 85 mph in a '63 bus, this was also a 1776 engine. I just hung, > like, two huge oil coolers on it and drove at 280 degrees. Needless to say > the engine didn't last long. > > Anyway, put a fuel pressure gauge on that pump, it should be at least three > psi. Is the pushrod too short or too long? Maybe get a new one with a new > filter and check the lines from the tank that they aren't kinked or > restrictive in any way. VW's like fuel, lots of it, whenever it wants. Thanks for the info! I remember someone saying that if the engine does not get enough fuel it will overheat. Being a layperson, it sounds odd to me. What is the rationale? It definately could be the problem. The last fuel pump on there was a BIG unit, and this is just a little dinky sized one. Thanks! - Mike White [Mail: mike.white@law.utah.edu - mwhite@eng.utah.edu] [HTTP: www.cc.utah.edu/~mw1759/index.html]
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