76 Westy engine running too cool
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76 Westy engine running too cool
I have a 76 Westy with a 2.0L.
I think it is running too cool due to evidence of condensation in my oil. It is milky white in the fill tube. After a four drive thru the mountains there is no place on my engine that feels anything more than warm. (except the exhaust)
I have an 009 dist. timing is 28 degrees full advance
Carb is an EMPI Progressive
exhaust is stock - with a leak
she starts and runs well with plenty of power
The only thing I can think to do is advance the timing a couple more degrees.
Thoughts???
I think it is running too cool due to evidence of condensation in my oil. It is milky white in the fill tube. After a four drive thru the mountains there is no place on my engine that feels anything more than warm. (except the exhaust)
I have an 009 dist. timing is 28 degrees full advance
Carb is an EMPI Progressive
exhaust is stock - with a leak
she starts and runs well with plenty of power
The only thing I can think to do is advance the timing a couple more degrees.
Thoughts???
76 Westy
69 Squareback (auto)
63 Bug
73 Thing (Type 4 powered)
69 Squareback (auto)
63 Bug
73 Thing (Type 4 powered)
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Good problem to have! Do you do a lot of short trip driving? Once you get that milky stuff in the filler tube, even a long highway drive may not get rid of it. Also, I think some brands of oil may be more prone to this than others. What brand and viscosity are you using?
Don
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Most of my driving has been 1 hour or longer trips. I am running Brad Penn 20W-50 oil.
76 Westy
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73 Thing (Type 4 powered)
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Do you have a functional thermostat? High humidity, cool days, spring, is a common time for too-cool in Type 4 engines. Do NOT go looking for heat via timing !!!! Sure, you can melt exhaust valves before the oil has a clue, but . . . .Hobug wrote:Most of my driving has been 1 hour or longer trips. I am running Brad Penn 20W-50 oil.
Colin
(if Brad Penn dino oil is Pennsylvania based, lots o paraffin in that oil)
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Don't know if this would cause this issue but there are two different types of Brad Penn oil. The good green version and a cheaper version. Are you using the correct one for our air cooled engines?
http://forums.aircooledtechnology.com/s ... php?t=4143
http://forums.aircooledtechnology.com/s ... php?t=4143
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Would the thicker grade oil have an effect in the cooler mountain regions he's driving?
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
I am using the green Brad Penn. Jake Raby suggested that my oil might be getting thinned from the progressive carb running rich at part throttle.
I will check the function of my thermostat.
I will check the function of my thermostat.
76 Westy
69 Squareback (auto)
63 Bug
73 Thing (Type 4 powered)
69 Squareback (auto)
63 Bug
73 Thing (Type 4 powered)
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Hobug wrote:I am using the green Brad Penn. Jake Raby suggested that my oil might be getting thinned from the progressive carb running rich at part throttle.
I will check the function of my thermostat.
It is milky white in the fill tube.
I have never seen synthetic do that . . . is the green Brad Penn a hybrid or dino oil?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Amskeptic wrote:Hobug wrote:I am using the green Brad Penn. Jake Raby suggested that my oil might be getting thinned from the progressive carb running rich at part throttle.
I will check the function of my thermostat.It is milky white in the fill tube.
I have never seen synthetic do that . . . is the green Brad Penn a hybrid or dino oil?
Colin
It's a partial synthetic.
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
Pretty sure it is straight dino oil. Here is their site if you want to spelunk further:
http://www.penngrade1.com/
my first thought reading this was thermostat too. I've had my cable jump off the little wheel before, as well the usual cable loosening or blown t-stat suspects.
http://www.penngrade1.com/
my first thought reading this was thermostat too. I've had my cable jump off the little wheel before, as well the usual cable loosening or blown t-stat suspects.
DJ
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Re: 76 Westy engine running too cool
drober23 wrote:Pretty sure it is straight dino oil. Here is their site if you want to spelunk further:
http://www.penngrade1.com/
Check the label ....
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