Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

The time to change oil is based on how your car is driven. If it is a daily driver and driven short distances less than 10-15 miles, it will not come up to temperature to burn off any moisture in the oil. The moisture combines with the oil to form a caustic substance that is very wearing on motors. ...

Has anyone heard or contacted Hagar to see how he is doing? Thank

Having both, a 1993 passat aaz and a 1997 tdi, the power is better and mileage on the tdi. However the main difference on the highway is the speed of the motor. The final gear ratio is different on the tdi allowing it to run about 500 rpm less on the freeway at 100 km/h. Much quieter!

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Dan in Powel River has one also Hagar. Was hoping to stop in and say hi a few summers ago. Nothing like a 6 cylinder BMW diesel!!!

Hope you are feeling ok?

I have a vw diesel motor complete with injection pump, timing belt still on. It is a low mileage motor with about 80,000 miles that has been in storage for about 5 years now. I sold my collector rabbit car, and bought a bmw diesel and haven no use for the motor. I live on the us /canada border. I wa...

Although the front engine mount on the gas motor will fit on the diesel it is the wrong one as the diesel takes an hydraulic mount. Makes a world of difference.

hances are if you try to pry it away from the back of the cluster you will break the tabse on the speedo cabl. Remove the drivers side vent. 1. a small screwdriver wedged in on each side of the bent part the swivels will remove the louver. 2. Remove the one screw that holds the housing to the dash. ...

1, Be careful removing speedo cable at tranny that you do not knock off the plastic gear. 2. The fastest method for big hands or small is to remove the a. dr side dash vent. Use a smalll screwdriver flat and pry out the plastic vent b. Behind that is one philips screw. Remove c. Slide the plastic ho...

This is about a 45 minute job, and then next time you do it it will take you about 10 mins to do both glow plugs. What you are going to do is remove the bus bar that goes to each glow plug and toes. You will replace with 4 individual wires about #8-10 gauge. 1. Remove the injector lines 2. remove th...

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ON the 1.6's we have replace numerous head gaskets where the oil seal on the head gasket has failed and resulted in oil entering the water. We have used Dawn detergent or castol oil eater to flush out the system, replace coolant and expansion tank and never had any oil reappear.

Check the blue wire that runs up underneath the battery to the dash. It is the light for the red battery light that energizes the alternator. If it is broken the alternator will not want to charge.

run your glow plug wires longer. Have each plug run to the terminal that connects to the old bus bar. Join them with a bolt and nut. Now to check glow plugs you can check the plugs individually by taking off the nut. Also hand to install new plugs. Loosen the 8 mm nut a bit. Undo the glow plug with ...

1. I use a gass fuel pump to prime the injection pump.. just takes a few moments and the injection pump as diesel and fires right up. 2. I would look for another shop. If he discovered the timing was off did he not check before removing the pump or was the pump removed before he started to work on t...

VW beatle old style lug nut ( For the wheels in the tool kit) socket fits perfectly in the plastic hole.