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my 90 engine has one oil casting but hydraulic type cam follower with no adjusting discs.

I had a similar problem where I could see fuel bubbling at the injector head union.

I redid the injector with heat shield.
then the soft return lines.
come to find out the problem was at the hardline leaking down the side of the injector.

just drove over 900 miles round trip. I just changed the oil before the trip. on the way back the bar gauge started fluctuating from 2.5 to 3.5 back and for fairly rapidly with no change in foot pressure on the accelorator and grade of slope. then buzzer came on when turning curve. so I pulled over ...

I just did my gear oil as per bentley.

says tranys after 08097(mine is awy26010) has oil filler hole 7mm higher. no need for speedometer drive cable/ 0.5l.

well before 2 full quarts were in, it drained out the fill.

suggestions?

Most of the time when I drain a trany the gear oil is very nasty. I like to drain it and run a couple quarts of cheap gear oil for awhile to flush it out. Is the drain plug a magnet? fatmobile- what do you get a cheaper dino gl-4? how long do you run it for a flush? and how do I identify the old ge...

Just a curious question about mixing standard dino oil and synthetic oil. If one was to start using the Redline fluids and add to the transmission without a full change, anyone know if there is an issue with this theory? I've got 347K on my 020 and no crunches in any gear, but I'm wondering if it's...

I found some redline mtl at a local "race" shop. and a 17mm hex x 1/2" drive at harbor freight local.

thanks

Looks like my transaxle has some oil leaks. What's the difference between redline gl-4 and gl-4 at the local parts house? they don't carry the redline local here that I can find. so I would have to pay shipping which is about the cost of a quart or two of the redline. plus I can't find a 17mm allen ...

Quantum TD wrote:What do the sockets go to? VDO used a variety of different bulbs and sockets on various models.

to the center console gauges like in the convertibles. oil temp, volt, pressure.

the whole on the gauge is octogon shaped(longer vertical then wide). not the round tube.

I need two vdo gauge light bulb sockets. the are the small octogon shaped at the back of the gauge. looks like 5/16 X 3/8.

A1 stuff. The allen bolts hold the passenger side motor mount on. The piece in the picture is what the A1 upper timing belt cover bolts too. The bolts go through this, then through the motor mount, injection pump bracket. Even has the small spacer, those can be hard to find. You'll need a washer to...

In that video, it sounded like cyl #2 was weak. (Maybe it was just the video). I would pull the injectors, dissemble, and inspect them. See if #2 does have some debris in it. Switch to making biodiesel. It's a bit more work, but you won't be damaging your fuel system. how do you damage your fuel sy...

Why have you created 3 threads on essentially the same topic?? All current?? sorry. Am I missing something? to me they were different problems with different answers. so as to not fill the thread like a tree full of branches going everywhere, I posted different threads. just trying to keep the thre...

got it to work

problem was at the T that I installed. it had not bitten through the Blue/Grey wire. found it with a light tester.

sweet.

now I need the green light bulb condom for the big wedge bulb on the vac gauge.

thanks

thanks

got it working.

now just need to figure out the lights.

what should the 5 bar gauge run at on a diesel?
at idle I am at about 1.5-1.75.
running at low rmp is 3-4.
and at high rmp and higher speeds about 55 mph= 5+ bar.