Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

I do wonder about rings....but it starts and runs flawlessly ! IF it were a broken oil ring tho.....it might be letting oil past and still have good compression and 'appear' normal. It does seem to be getting worse..... Hard to imagine that THIS much oil could pass thru the valve guide or guides eve...

Here's a little huff for ya...... Around 10 years and.... oh.....200,000 miles ago I took the head off this engine and pulled the pistons and rods. Then I built a 'machine' that bolts to the block deck and incorporates a heavy duty Dewalt 1/2" drill, a pair of linear guides, a Sunnen rigid honi...

I do appreciate your ideas.....but really.....oil burning off the manifold?? Your comments sound a little like the trouble shooting tips that come with a new coffee maker. See the title of my post......blue smoke out the exhaust.... Believe me....I work on these cars and know the engines inside and ...

It will take a lot of oil going into a cylinder in a diesel before you will see blue out the tailpipe. Oil in a diesel engine is like thick diesel fuel. Blue is typical of unburned, or poorly burned diesel. I would verify the timing and run a compression check to make sure. Improper timing can lead...

PS...... Since the smokes is blue.....I don't think it's passing thru the cylinder(s) or else it would be black just like burnt fuel smoke........that leaves exhaust valve guides....oil sucking thru them and passing along with the exhaust gasses. Plus no hint of run-away from oil acting as additiona...

Strange occurrence.....suddenly I'm getting smoke (blue) out the exhaust off idle, at the first instance of rev-up and also after coasting awhile when I 'get back on the throttle'. What could this be?? There is no excessive blow by or oil vapor in the cam cover breather hose. The head was done (new ...

What about a small amount of dry gas to disperse the water ?

Thank you danhoug and mtran for the constructive info. I'd like to go to 20% IOW 2 gallons in 10 It really did seem to improve the mileage and 'pep'. I'll try Naphtha next time My engine does not stay cold for very long......won't the brown gunk burn off after things heat up? I purposely drive it ha...

Wondering what calamity might ensue from adding 10% or 20% filtered WVO per tank of on road diesel? I tried it for the first time last week, filtered thru a paper towel, and added 3-4 ounces of Xylene into the 2 quarts, then put that in 5 gallons of diesel. Is there something 'better' to use than Xy...

Seems to me.....stretch bolts are supposed to be installed DRY....

But now that I've used the ARP studs, I will NEVER go back to the stretchy ones

I have 2 engines that have each gone over 250,000 miles with copper-coat coated head gaskets.

Well, I AM a Machinist....and an engineer/ mechanic / VW Diesel enthuisiast. I just don't understand all the hype when it comes to warped aluminum heads. The structure of the head itself is flimsy compared to the block, which is a substantial and rigid structure. Now, this flimsy aluminum 'box' gets...

Anyone experience less mileage with the new Ultra Low sulfur fuels as
compared to the old carmel colored fuel from 5-10 years ago?

dk

Yes, it was Negtive 15 Fahrenheit

About 10 years ago this engine was in my (now retired) 85 Golf. It's now been in the 92 Jetta about 2 years. Back then, I built a simple honing machine using junk around the shop, and a dewalt 1/2" drill. This fixture bolted to the block deck and I used it to hone all 4 cylinders .020 oversize ...

I can't believe my 1.6NA actually started today and it was minus 15deg. It was not even plugged in........180,000+ miles since rebuild. I think the big battery and larger cables help alot. After about 8 miles it started sagging a bit....fuel gelling for sure. When I got to work I put about 1 gallon ...