Former VWDieselParts.com Forum

I'm starting to play around with my new pop tester (proudly made of 100 percent high pressure hydraulic fittings for about 30 bucks) and I'm likely gonna need some shims... I can see lightly lapping the existing ones if the pressure is too high but that is a bit of a one way street.

Don't seem to be an ETKA type part... any of you DIYs have any suggestions on a suppler ?? Presumably a guy would want an assortment ??



Vince

A DIY, and inexpensive way is to use "Shim in a can" (see URL of online supplier below), a roll of steel shim stock available in various thicknesses (+.002" is approximately +5 bar). Punch or cut out shims of proper dimension, stack (wouldn't go to crazy with stacking i.e. std. to Turbo w/.002" shims) as necessary to tune break pressure. I find if only replacing nozzles (keeping other parts together) most of the time rebuilt injectors are right at spec., or only needing a slight change in pressure. P.S. use gloves this stuff is sharp as a razor!!! Regards

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