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my 97 misses on cold start-ups 3 - 5 min after driving then disapiers. around 1200 - 1400, you could fell it, almost if your lugging the engine, or on a wavy road.. i did notice bubbles in the fuel line when reving is involved. then durng idle, all bubbles gone. solid fuel WTF.changed all fuel lines...

810km is good. mine only gets 700km Tops with dragging around a GT on top during the winter.. i got it 750+ some city/ highway/runnning the A/C durring the summer last year...

when i adjusted mine the last couple of tanks. the only thing i noticed was flooring it all the time caused poor smilage. babying the throttle seemed to do nothing. then again its was during the cold season. so idling for 5 min vs 10 min, also 1300rpms high idle when coolant is below 70 oC with low ...

before you put the pump away somewhere and forget... 1. get ATF in the pump or diesel purge, turn pump till ATF/Diesel Purge gets sqirting out. (messy job) (12v to that solenoid give fuel to the fuel lines to the injectors) 2. cap off all the ends where fuel gets in and out, even the outlets that co...

sticky pump, varnise or something broke inside (but it would rev up and down crazyly)
whats the history of the other car?
how long was it sitting for what period of time?

When the IP is some what drained of diesel. The head got rebuilt. Fully Primed, Re-timed perfectly. Why does it take about an hour of cranking, it finally idle's. As it gets it's first crank to about an hour later. from nothing to slowly progresses, all the way to idle. it's not the first time i got...

winter fuel has karosen (less BTU's) about 40 to 50% mix ratio.. it all has to do with internal IP pressure also. colder fuel = thicker fuel. why? http://www.vwdieselparts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5936 . with todays ULSD compared with just diesel-- internal IP pressure changed. true story my N/A wi...

what about seals?

newdiesel say the pistons all look fine but yet to see it... i told him there would be some compression loss their for sure.

cleaning was done in a parts cleaner. that one cylinder was linke that when newdiesel took it off. he assumes that one cylinder was corroded like that from anti-freeze or something was banging inside.
newdiesel what was the colour on that?

engine takes 4L and filter holds .5L

this is what new diesel's head looks like when he ripped it off http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo203/jjweird/IMG_7392.jpg close up's on the one funny looking cylinder http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo203/jjweird/IMG_7398.jpg http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo203/jjweird/IMG_7415.jpg this ...

i saw a 2000 Caravan that has the same engine mounts. just don't know about the axels..