Wow! Does no one else have Vanagon problems? They're all running well and no one comes to the forum?
Embarassing battery short episode, resulting in the lack of a full length dipstick... How long is the stock JX dipstick?
Thanks!
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- Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: JX dipstick
- Replies: 0
- Views: 70736
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:55 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Water/Coolant pump removal help please
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2477
Re: Water/Coolant pump removal help please
I haven't run into this one yet...The bolts holding the water pump to the housing are aluminum
Another vote for removing the injection pump. Then it's all right there in the open.
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:26 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Torque Wrench
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6233
Re: Torque Wrench
Or get both and check the clicker (which is much more convenient to use...) against the beam. I think I got both at Harbor Freight. Inside the engine, a torque wrench is a necessity.
- Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:11 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
Head's off, I expected cracks between valves, but the prechambers look pretty beat and there's more pitting than would make me happy. In order, 1-4 with closeups of the prechambers: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1174167.jpg http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/1174168.jpg http://ima...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:48 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
OK: 35% leak all around, I could only hear leaks from the oil drain in the head. So it looks like re-ringing time. Also, the valve clearances were all very consistent: 0.005 and 0.015. Just not quite up to spec, but not bad... Overall pretty consistent, cylinder to cylinder. (This was from a leak-do...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:57 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
No, I had the compressor set at 95psi for the LEAK-DOWN test, that much pressure makes the engine turn, not far but quickly. I thought higher pressure would make the leaks more noticeable. Tried again with lower pressure (~20pi) later and got 35% on #3 and 4 (and then it was dark and time to make di...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 6:05 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
Started my leakdown test, but my adapter (Horbor Freight compression tester to leakdown tester) leaked more than the engine, so it was hard to tell anything. One prominent finding: the engine wants to turn A LOT MORE than I expected. Flinging the wrench off the nut on the crank was not in any of the...
- Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:10 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
I will look at timing when I take off the valve cover later, but I've had it a tooth off before: it runs horribly...as is it starts and idles normally with no compression so I think I've got all the easy adjustments in the right ballpark.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Re: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
Started at 20*F, takes some cranking, though. It's been colder but I haven't tried it lately.
Timing set ~0.98 by clock, dammit I bought the tools so I'm gonna use 'em. (But very close to where it "sounded best".
AFAIK the valves have never been reset.
Timing set ~0.98 by clock, dammit I bought the tools so I'm gonna use 'em. (But very close to where it "sounded best".
AFAIK the valves have never been reset.
- Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5883
Vanagon 1.6TD: low compression and oil use
On this last trip around the state I had the occasion to tweak the pump fueling and so forth and confirmed what I have been fearing: I have less power, more oil consumption, worse mileage and harder starting. The mileage I might have attributed to the switch from Vanco 8s to Haka snow tires, but thi...
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:18 am
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: 1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7695
Re: 1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
The top picture is of the LDA (as described), the lower picture is of the wastegate. On the JX injection pump the LDA is oriented toward the front of the vehicle, so it might be unfamiliar if you have not seen one. There are two nipples, one pointed up (there is a hose connected to the intake manifo...
- Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:30 am
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: 1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7695
Re: 1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
No, the wastegate was connected with the hard line and banjo bolts to the high pressure side of the turbo. This was connected, as shown, to the LDA.
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 8:41 pm
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: 1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7695
1.6 TD JX engine pump/turbo question
My engine (as supplied from Quality in California) had a hose connected to the adjuster bolt of the wastegate and LDA on the pump (true JX pump). I can't find any documentation on this, as it is distinctly different from the line connected to the intake manifold. I had to replace the turbo with one ...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:53 am
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: Rebuild JX head or go up to AAZ
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5474
Re: Rebuild JX head or go up to AAZ
Thanks! JX is the 1.6 turbo that was available in Germany, with the special aneroid on the pump to fit under the deck, and solid lifters.
- Wed Oct 16, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: Vanagon Diesel Forum
- Topic: Rebuild JX head or go up to AAZ
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5474
Rebuild JX head or go up to AAZ
Wow, not much traffic on this forum but worth asking... I'm seeing a lot of oil in the intake, but no noticeable dipstick blowing, so I'm thinking the stem seals are shot, more than the rings. I need to find a new compression tester to make sure, of course. If the bottom end is good, this should jus...