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- Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:13 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Your most harrowing VW diesel driving experience?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4335
It doesnt really compare with some of the previous events: I bought my Jetta about 4-5 hours from home. I found it on ebay but negotiated the sale in person as ebay removed the auction as the posting openly stated offers could be made by email. The car was located near my godparents so I went for a ...
- Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:00 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Dead VW Rabbit Diesel - (starter?)...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3332
When you say 2in cylinder on a 5in cylinder what is the 5in cylinder? When I had the head off on my Jetta (which is equipped with a slushbox) I recall seing what I thought at the time was the starter. I was a bit annoyed because the car came with another starter (probably junk like all the other par...
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:59 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Injector tubing???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3634
- Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:45 am
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Diesel Volkswagen repairs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2969
Sounds like a blown head gasket (100% description). Easy way to check this is to disconnect the wire that runs to the injection pump solenoid ( at the area of the pump where the lines that run to the injectors connect), crank over the engine for a short period of time, and then crack open the cap fo...
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:40 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: rebuilt injector pump sources.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2447
From the looks of your other post this probably doesnt matter but I think I know why you could only get to .86mm. I found that my locking pin for the pump sprocket does not hold the pump right at TDC. I had the exact same problem. I could see/feel the pump fall (slightly) from TDC so I ground a piec...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:44 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Where does this hose go?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2216
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:35 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Old Rabbits never die, they grow up to push things
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2640
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:27 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Trouble on the road - part 2. Serious Runaway!
- Replies: 84
- Views: 24692
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:42 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Useable Head??
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3149
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:07 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: What emblem does this represent?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5092
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:27 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: '82 diesel rabbit - leak around cold-start lever on injector
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1412
That is a very common leak location. When I bought my Jetta last summer it had a leak at that location. The PO had a pump from a scrapped car put on and it started to leak at the same location within a month. I replaced the required seal on the original and have not had any problems. It would probab...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:15 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: 82 RABBIT DIESEL WITH AUTOMATIC??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7927
Ive got the automatic in an 86 Jetta. I dont know what kind of mileage I get but I drive to and from school, across the city, at least 6 times a week. I spend $15 - $25 on fuel each week (I was going two weeks on $30 worth in the summer). My speedo and odometer are quite a bit off otherwise I would ...
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:58 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Propane injection on a 1.6 na
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3492
This site is the site to go to for hot-rodded diesels:
http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/
It is french at first but just go down a little. There is a whole section dedicated to IDI enhancements. Theres some pretty wild stuff on there.
http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/
It is french at first but just go down a little. There is a whole section dedicated to IDI enhancements. Theres some pretty wild stuff on there.
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: Electric supercharger?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5999
I made the proposal (to a teacher) of using a sterling type heat engine running off the exhaust for some sort of artificial aspiration. He said he doubted it would respond to engine rpm quick enough. He did not throw the idea out though. He just figured some other kind of load would have to be put o...
- Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:52 pm
- Forum: VW Diesel (General)
- Topic: alternator belt replacement
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2584