'74 Type 2 Bay - Seals around engine compartment

.............You need to have those seals installed Ed. In fact, I wouldn't drive it for more than a few blocks until this is taken care of. The hot air that exits the bottom of the engine must be kept from recirculating back up into the engine compartment.

BTW..........don't ever let the shop that did this get near that bus again. They're idiots.

i'm with Tim on this one 100%....(you may never hear that from me again...LOL)

------------------- Chris Perdue "I'm ever so thankful for the Internet; it has allowed me to keep a finger in the pie and to make some small contribution to those younger who will carry the air-cooled legend forward" Jim Mais Feb. 2004

Thanks for the info. I'll be looking for a new garage.

I'm afraid I've already driven it a good deal further than a few blocks (about 150 miles) - *please* tell me that I'm not likely to have broken the new engine! What should I be looking out for - it there anything I can do now to rectify damage that may have happened over the 150 miles I've driven it?

Ed

I guess that if its just the foam seal, then it wont be as bad as missing whole bits on tinwear. how big is the gap ?

James

Oh, it's only the foam seal. The gap's about an inch across all the way around three sides of the engine.

I'm getting the foam seal fitted tomorrow - so hopefully disaster has been averted :-)

RAMVA's great, isn't it? The folks here have all the answers!

Ed

...............I must be doing something wrong...............heh heh

.......It always makes me a little nervous when you or Travis start agreeing with me.

timmy

I agree that you should be nervous when that happens. :-D

well....it probably should....

------------------- Chris Perdue "I'm ever so thankful for the Internet; it has allowed me to keep a finger in the pie and to make some small contribution to those younger who will carry the air-cooled legend forward" Jim Mais Feb. 2004

Thanks all for the replies.

I'm getting the seals fitted today by a (hopefully) more reputable establishment!

I've been reading RAMVA regularly for ages, and it's *so* good to know that there's a repository of knowledge like this.

Hopefully I'll soon learn enough to be able to contribute with answers instead of questions!

Ed

My wife drove her Ghia around hot Florida for years without any seals and it didn't seem to hurt the engine. I seriously doubt the 150 miles you put on it has hurt anything.