Hello folks, first an intro. It'been a while since I've had my fingers in a
VW. What I do remember clearly is all the nonfacts I received from local VW
"pro's" so I'm looking forward to everyone's input on this list and
hopefully I may be of assistence to someone as well. I've got a 80 westy,
just purchased recently. The previous owner put a rebuild from cali in it
but never really got it on the road. A year later I got a hold of it. Almost
immediately I noticed a grinding type of noise once it warmed up. To me it
sounded like the flywheel rubbing. I do have a cylinder running at 65 psi,
all others are
about 90 to 110 which is actually another question but I don't think it is
related to the noise. I've got a tempature gauge and at first startup the
engine runs beautifully
at about 210. After about 20 minutes the noise starts and the temp slowly
rises to a n overheat. The noise seems to only appear at idle or very low
engine loads.
Tonight I pulled the motor to inspect the flywheel but everything looked
normal. I haven't checked the endplay yet. Could endplay cause this
condition? Any Ideas?
Any tricks to increasing compression in a single cylinder? THANKS IN
ADVANCE..... Dennis in New Hampshire

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