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“That only leaves the head as the culprit. “If I read it right the second motor has same head as first so that would be my first thought also. Since the intake is open to atmosphere these engines don’t draw much vacuum, to pull oil through the guides like most gassers. But if you look at the c...

Ahistand, The thread seems to have gone other directions, but regarding your original? [Just wondering what peoples thoughts are on using Hylomar as a head gasket sealant] In a perfect world score of threads on VW diesel forums would not relate to head gasket issues (search found 449 on this site). ...

Fatmobile Some good work going on, sounds like your having lotsa fun. For a future enhancement think about a Sonalert (you can get one out of an old smoke detector to play with, need a driver though, or Radio Shack Piezo buzzer). You know Murphy is going to have you looking at the girls, or driving ...

jetta90 Most of the IP refurb work done by the home mechanic is predicated upon having a pump that is working satisfactorily, other than it leaks, or has excessive main shaft wear. If you’re having other pump related problems, or you want to change the fuel profile (increased performance, etc.) th...

Use a well known, reputable machine shop that has worked on VW diesels if at all possible, else take your Bentley to show machinist proper fit-up dimensions. Take block & new pistons,machinist should measure then bore & hone cylinders to proper dimension. They s/b the experts as to how much ...

The performance graph I have indicates app. 20 KW which equates to 26.8 HP, and a little over 100 NM of torque @ 1800 rpm

During the injection cycle the cold air and cylinder sets back the autoignition point, allowing more fuel to collect in cylinder. When it finally does ignite the extra fuel can cause a more explosive combustion causing the classic cold knock inherent in most diesels. When everything’s up to runnin...

I‘ve read the thread about the choke point between the bushings, so I very carefully inspect under a strong loupe, and push very slowly until the first bushing hits the second bushing. So far I haven’t ran into a pump with the restriction, and from a production / engineering standpoint I can’t...

Nearly all high mileage pumps that are being rebuilt/re-sealed also have a lot of wear on main shaft bushings. This wear needs to be repaired to insure a long reliable service life. IMO (and experience) the main shaft bushings (Bosch pn 1 460 400 004, 2 per pump, about $5 ea.) in the older VE pumps,...

A little late, but here’s how I get these bolts out (also might help loosen up your frozen bolt). The 4 boltholes in the crank sprocket are thru holes. Use a 6-inch spray tube nozzle to get the penetrating oil into the crack between sprocket & block. This gets oil on bolts other end. Douse it ...

"Only sprocket I took off was for the IP and loosened the adjuster pulley. Do I need to loosen the cam sprocket to get this thing timed again, or which marks HAVE to line up?" There is a detailed procedure for timing one of these engines and yes loosening the cam sprocket is part of it! Ge...

The pads on calipers don’t pull back very much when you let off brake pedal; they just quit clamping rotor (nothing in caliper to cause retraction of piston). That said I would assume that you are actually trying to drive truck and the front brakes are seizing (stopping truck) when you brake and r...

Be sure to check current torque spec.'s, I beleive 33ft.lbs. is pretty light if were talking about the bolt holding the small cogged pulley to the crankshaft snout. What a guy... to hand deliver the part at such a bargain price!!

The crank snout is not as hard as you might think. Check keyways and everything else carefully, any slop left in this system will probably come back to haunt you. Pretty sure there is a torque bar tool in tool section for holding crank still. I use Loctite 40 hi-temp retaining compound liberally, to...

You’ve done some good work troubleshooting. From info you’ve provided sounds like 2 inner cylinders are getting fuel (smoke at exhaust) but not firing. Since they start firing after warm-up, would lead one to think that heat/expansion improves condition (rings??). You need fuel, pressure/heat an...