Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

if you have a brake bleeder vac pump ...

if you have a small funnel and a short piece of hose....

an old squirt bottle ( for diff / tranny grease ) filled with diesel and a short hose...

and old electric fuel pump ...

check the color of the "pool" .... yellow or green or pink may be coolant ( depending on the color in the overflow bottle in front of the driver). black is usually oil dripping or a leaking injector pump if you have a diesel. Pink may also be power steering ( if anyone has used ATF to fill...

Change the valve stem seals for sure. if you have to change valves, most jobbers only supply (non sodium filled) aftermarket stainless valves. valve stems come in 2 sizes 7 and 8 mm so get the valve guides to match. don't punch out the swirl chambers unless you really have to (cracked). take a long ...

smileage is not increased by the turbo ( just a little more power ) look into hilly billy tuning if you want MPG. ( a la Hagar) :) the turbo will not really increase the EGT if you don't add more fuel. Dashers ( and Foxes) both suffer from the need to turn the Rad slightly sideways and you have to m...

no need for gauges ... just the turbo.....

added air runs leaner (only more fuel = heat ) since you don't add fuel, the temps shouldn't rise greatly. the intercooler is also a bit of a waste of time with stock boost pressures.

the cable is locked onto the "plastic gear" with a small cir clip... the plastic gear has to come out and be "clipped" to the new cable .....

lest we forget the front pump seal also.....

any of these seals can cause fuel to leak down and cover the rad hoses, power steering pumps.... BTW diesel fuel eats (weakens) any rubber ( rad hose) it touches. please don't run the car much without washing them off with soap and water.

if they were all new, could have been a defective bolt or the wrong "grade" was used. perhaps one bolt (or more) was overtightened ( stripped the treads or over stretched and snapped without breaking off) then the engine started and that finished the job. The head of the bolt now tumbles a...

go back to the shop and have them test it ... maybe sticking brushes.

control data went belly up late 89 and owned CDC ... so everything went... it was bought by general dynamics and all production stopped. just the engineers were kept on for design purposes... every thing else was farmed out to the lowest bidder.

silicone has vinegar in it (acetic acid) ... very mild, once it evaporates or washes away with water you're good .... vinegar isn't strong enough to eat paint, so its rubber to silicone to paint.... the only one you should avoid is the silver one ( paint won't stick to it ). BTW ... just put a piece...

lowly silicone will also seal most windshields ... clear works well.

the proper stuff also glues the windshield firmly in place during accidents.

then razor blade shims under the "resized" shim to build it back up?

or.... a sheet of fine sandpaper glued to a piece of glass, measure the old shim, drop it on the paper and rub lightly to reduce thickness ( figure 8 motion ) till within spec. ..... put ground side down into holder and enjoy.

key off = no power on the blue wire key ON = 12v on blue wire to excite the alt. the blue wire ( key on ) has +12v on it and grounds thru the alt and lights the LED. When the alt produces power, it puts +12v on the blue wire ( no longer grounded ) so t the blue wire has +12 V at both ends = no groun...