<VV> Turbos / OverHeating

[Jay Maechtlen]

On 9/30/2013 9:00 AM, corvairduval at cox.net wrote:
> I was pulling Afton Mountain in 4th gear with four people in the car.
>
> The previous owner had wired the oil pressure and temperature switches
> wrong, so the buzzer only buzzed for low oil pressure (every time I started
> the car), and the temperature switch did not light the light (wire was not
> on the switch!). I corrected these issues after this incident, which was in
> the first month or so of ownership.
>
> One perosn in the back seat heard the pinging and alerted me. Top down, 60
> mph, lots of wind noise. And that was back in my 20s when I could actually
> hear.
>
> Frank DuVal
oops - well, good thing your passenger heard it, anyway.
I guess that should be a high priority for a new turbo owner, make sure 
the warnings are in place...




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Jay Maechtlen SoCal '61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin, transverse 3.8 
Buick V6 TH440T4 trans