> > I can find no reason as to why it would be overheating. All engine > tin > > is in place. The engine compartment seal is in place. No crap in fan > > or blocking the fan grille. Timing is set below stock spec. I'm not > > driving it hard, brakes are in proper adjustment, etc etc. What's > > making it overheat, if not the advance and/or low compression? > > > > > > Sean Bartnik > > Johnson City, Tennessee > > '81 Vanagon L Westfalia At least one list member lost an engine to dirty cooling fins around the heads/cylinders. It's a pain to take off the tin and clean under there, so it generally doesn't get done. Might want to check it. I don't think low compression will make it overheat that much... my engine was down to something like 80-90-110-110 (in no particular order) before I rebuilt it, and it didn't overheat. Didn't pass smog or other cars, but it didn't overheat, either. Good luck! Gary ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Shea shea@xmission.com Salt Lake City http://www.xmission.com/~shea |
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