Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

Lack of time and many other projects made me sell it it was fun while it lasted...

Sad day... I sold it today....

Jack got them I got one from him...

No takers??? make an offer...

I had been working on this project for over a year and finally gave up, I have no time any more so for sale it is. Location: Rio Rico, AZ Model: 1985 Jetta TD No RUST on the Jetta (AZ car), few cracks on the dashboard, but other than that interior is in good shape I would rate it at 8 of 10. Short b...

hey fist of all WELCOME to the forum...most likely you have a 1.6 N/A(natural aspired, which means non-turbo) diesel engine, if that is the original engine, there is not such thing as "bolt-on" Turbo that you can "safely" instal as there is some minute diffrences on the 1.6 TD(tu...

I understand FATMOBILE no hard feeling...

VWCADDY Wrote: No, simply used the tap to chase the threads in the block to ensure they were clean to allow for full insertion of the studs. I did the swap with the head in place, so had to rig up an extension with a ratchet to allow the tap to run down to the bottom of the bolt holes no head gaske...

VWCADDY

so you retreaded the block and made the holes bigger in the head... can yoy explain to us the process of what you did???

check this link...
http://www.vwdieselparts.com/1.5-1.6.htm

definitely not, it does not seem to have any markings..

you'll have to do something about the oil return hole... there is an adapter for it, you'll find it on Jack's website, the valves should not matter

sounds like your throttle is binding/getting stuck... in the worst case scenario begging to run away, do you have any blow by????

Thats what I was thinking... still good price for the head

did you use a dial gage for the Inj. Pump and timed it as per Bentley or you just lined up all the marks??? because if the car fired right away, the timing might be ok, but because of the bogging my guess is that you might be a little on the advance side...