IN San Diego if you leave 3 feet at 70 mph they will pull a SUV in front of you
at least in orange they do it when stopped!  10 1/2 gallons is fuel capacity.

Flat Four wrote:

> Hi all...  Good news, I would strongly recomend this NAPA heavy duty
> rubbing compound because it really works.  Only the surface rust
> though and even the caked on brake dust.  I rubbed a little on my
> rusted crome that I was complaining about earlier and Voila!  :)))))))
> I can see my reflection, it looks brand new.  100% satisfied.  I will
> also recomend this rust converter I got in the Autos section in Wal
> Mart.  I sprayed it on my rusted exhaust pipe and rusted tank and it
> converted the rust into a black primer.  So far so good.  Very
> satisfied with this because the POR15 I would have to wait for in the
> mail.  The converted primer on the hot exhaust seems to be holding up.
> I drive a 77' std beetle.  1600cc dp fuel injected.  Any ideas on the
> fuel tank capacity?  On an empty tank I can only fill it up to 8.743
> gallons.  And i'm not to sure about the fuel gauge because it still
> leaves a small little space away from FULL with a full tank of gas.
> Now my questions about the EGR and the oil filter almost go together.
> On this kind of VW will the screw on and go type of oil filter not fit
> next to the header because of the EGR valve being in the way?  I have
> the Hanes manual and it doesn't tell me how to maintain the year EGR I
> have.  All it says is later models may not have an EGR filter.  The
> EGR light went on and I simply reset it without cleaning any carbon
> build up's out of my EGR system and i'm trying to find out how to do
> that.
> Today I traveled about 50 mi. on the Interstate with speeds from 65 to
> 70 mph.  By the last couple of minutes of the commute my new Gene
> Berge Dipstick temp switch had spoken to me.  It started blinking the
> oil light (idiot light) along with the hand brake warning light.  I
> backed off to 50 and a minute later it turns.  Later I merge off the
> freeway taking it out of gear and it turns on.  I revv the engine to
> get a good airflow through there and it turns off.  Oh I forgot to add
> that there was a head wind.  But does this all sound right?????  I
> always thought the warning buzzer should acompany the idiot light and
> I hadn't known about the brake warning light, at first I suspected a
> short curcuit somewhere.  With good compression, oil level where it
> should be, all my tin in place and a tune up I didn't think my engine
> would ever overheat at 70mph.
> Any tricks on removing the fan belt?  It's way tight on mine, I have
> the later alternator type fan belt with alternator.
> And lastly I have a question on California Driving etiquet.  I never
> really thought about it but if there is a space between you and the
> car in front of you and your at a stop light and someone is in the
> lane to your right.  Would it be okay for them to move their car half
> way into the space in front of you if there is a detoure or a merging
> in their lane or something?  I have no problem with it because it's
> all controlled.  Your at a compleat stop so you can't accidentaly
> crash into them.  It would seem that this would be perfectly okay in
> new york driving conditions.  It looks like it's not okay in CA
> because there everyone wants space and does not want to feel cut off.
> Oh please, give me some feedback...
>
> Matt of Orange County
>
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