Greetings all, For those intersted here's a status report on my hot '57 Deluxe: Well my candy thermometer has been treating me right. Yesterday I took the pioneer on three runs. The first was around town for about 15 minutes. After stopping and inserting the thermometer in the dip stick hole, I had a reading of 190F. Outside air temp was about 75F The second was a 25 minute drive primarily downhill at about 55mph. Outside temp was about 85F. I measured a temp of 205F. The last was the reverse of the second later that evening. It was about 65F out, and after arriving at home I measured it at 210F. Someone mentioned that Muir says anything between 180-230 (?) is healthy? The engine smelt of burning oil after the last run. I checked underneath and think I figured out that problem. My engine has started leaking quite a bit now (a good 8" puddle every night after running it), and it looks like the burning is coming from oil hitting the exhaust manifold.- Mike White [Mail: mike.white@law.utah.edu - mwhite@eng.utah.edu] Visit my '57 23-Window VW BUS at: [http://cloud8.law.utah.edu/]
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