Yep, the wife drove the Type 3 square to Bendigo to meet me at the swap meet and dropped a valve at Keynton :cussing bugger. She is back at the Machanic getting re fitted with a new motor. Then I hear another good friend has done the same thing or similar with a certain Hotty Notch that i used to own

39dec Heat = 2
Type 3 = nil

Damn thats not good! So will nellie and your square get to the day of....? I didnt drive mine, That Vinyl hurts when it gets hot!

N!

oh dear... this does not bode well for my little bug who will be down melb way in a 1.5 weeks!

Im sorry to hear that unity! but its all fixable so i guess the weather hasnt totally beat you yet!

No Its not my car thats Hurt. ITs BLKBUG's Square and BennetonVW'S notch! I didnt drive mine cause I was in a suit, and a suit and that heat in a car with vinyl int dont mix!

Guys let us know how the cars are...

N!

woops! my mistake! in that case, sorry to hear about the trubles Aussie blkbug! :cry and good to hear you saved yourself from a sweaty encounter unity!

so whats the chances of it being 35+ in a week and a bit time? i know not of melbourne weather and its not good to hear of bad things happening to our fave rides cos its hot

Oh man...

I am now a true oil dripper.. The car slowly died, and no response come to accelaration.. After a minute or two of trying to limp it to my destination(about 10mins away) she turned off and died. Teaches me for driving when it is 37 degrees or whatever it was Sat arvo.. Then came the oil..

Its getting looked at as we speak.. By a Ford dealer believe it or not.. But anyway, hope it is only minor..
Have a close look at this pic... No dramas huh?

Look closer..

I think I nearly did that to my poor Belle too... 'cruzing' along the Eastern Freeway (about 20 mins) and about 40mins after i got home, i could still hear the fuel vapourising in the fuel pump! I lobbed in a thermometer into the dipstick channel and recorded 73 degrees... What the operating temp supposed to be ppl?

Next time i won't push the ol' girl's 40HP too hard when its 30+ weather...poor baby mwah mwah! :sandrine

Jim, this is a serious Q? how did you cope with the heat in that sun and out in the dry land you were. Hope you had plenty of water! Damn that dont look too good, but Hopefully its just made to look worse cause of how thin the oil would have been in that heat!

n!

Yeah just do what you do mate.. Drink cold drinks and get out of it if you can into A/C..

Bloody oil everywhere.. Mind you, this is after about 35 minutes, maybe 40, of driving, in this car, for the day.

hey theres a spot as round as a beach ball of oil stain where I park my dubbie at dreamworld for the past 5yrs before I got my motor done......does this mean I could join the oildrippers lol

Bad luck guys. Hope you get them sorted for the weekend. Drive Inn and the Day Of.

Black Bug, I thought that motor was almost dead at the Dyno Day earlier this year. Lasted for a while.

My advice to anyone with an aircooled VW would be to fit a oil temp gauge and watch it real close on those 39 + degree days.

Damn Im , Which car was this and whats the damage?

Kool karma to your bearings and all!
kkk

Jim give her a kiss for me you know how much i love her.And also you dont have to drip oil to be a Dripper.Just keep it real.
OILDRIPPERS ARE WICKED BUDS.
Corona drinkin german airkooled automobile lovin freaks.

Bad luck guys, I hope you still make to DOVW...

Hey Jimbo, did you get the hotty notch going yet?

We have never had a problem with the bus on hot days. All the tinware is on, the thermostat is on and operational, the tinware seal is fully sealed and the decklid is kept shut.
This allows all of the air the fan pulls from outside the engine bay to be pushed over the required parts of the motor to cool and not around them.
I suppose the heat is not good, but making sure the tinware is in place, oil cooler not blocked and the built up oil is removed helps.