Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

Why not do the belt and tensioner and run it till it dies ?
My 1.6 has had the oil return leak for 100k.

Interesting article about bootleg duraterms.
http://www.bosch.co.za/content/language1/html/3854.htm

This a good walkthrough with photos.

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3243580

I do not know on the mk1 but my 86 jetta has a plastic vent in the fuel neck which is a vent for gassers.
If I hold this open I can get about 1.5 gallons of extra fuel in the tank.

Besides supplying power to the clutch, and assuning it engages, we are dealing with older stuff here. If the clutch cycles, the evaporator by the firewall should feel cold. ( Contrary to the manual , you can pull it off and clean it). The drier is full of dessicant, when it goes bad it pollutes the ...

Jack or partsplace probably can fix your ills for $25.
What is a tow, headgasket, and your time worth ?

I set a capacitor(555) to run mine for 7 seconds. Works great around here ( 20 F to 100 F )

Second on the diesel purge. A bad injector will tap then go to a rap when really bad.
A not so nice secondary issue is if they leak they will lead to a failed glow plug.
My mailman was so enamored with my diesels he wound up buying a TDI. Guess I spend to many Saturday mornings under the hood.

Go to big lots and buy the cheapest iron they have.

I have had this happen way too many times. Either my windshield or the the tray is leaking on the insulation above my fuse panel. The carolina chaep ass fix is to wrap a plastic bag around the fuse box. The normal folks willing to spend $5 will run a hose on the winshield and find the leak and silic...

Going out on a limb;

Did you contact jack who runs this site ?

89 525i . swapped m20 with new gaskets, timing belt, tensioner, water pump, and all new gaskets and hoses. New AFM, gauge cluster, thrust arms, coolant level sensors, battery. New tires, inspection and alignment. Car has 127k, 4k since swap..( Documentation for all work).I have sank over 4k in repai...

The next step in this scam is to tell you to place the funds in an escrow account, which is a bs web sight.
Tell them you want to use your personal attorneys sight and watch.