Please advise about 5k turbo diesel

[Zsolt]

Thanks, great tips. I will check it out.

   Zsolt

Eyvind Spangen wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 13:59:53 -0700, you wrote:
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>>Looking for a 5k Avant for my mom. I saw one in the paper that is a 1985
>>turbo diesel. I don't know much about the diesel engines.
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>>Could someone please tell me about these engines.
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>>Are they reliable?
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> Generally speaking, yes, but the cylinder heads tend to crack around
> 180-200k miles (300-330000 km), just like the VW 1.6 diesel engines
> and the I6 Volvo diesel (VW/Audi engine) Unfortuneately, used,
> uncracked cylinder heads are almost impossible to get, so you have to
> by a new one, which will run about $1000..
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>>Would they be difficult to start in the winter?
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> If everything is OK (injectors, glow plugs, compression), no. Will
> start fine even far below zero.
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>>Anything else I should be aware of?
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> Except the cylinder head trobles, the engine is a lot like the other
> I5 engines. Same timing belt/water pump layout, pretty much everything
> not diesel specific will be the same as a 5k gasser.. Check out the
> cold start advance system, you don't want advanced injection all the
> time - this raises combustion temperature and could cause head gasket
> damage. A diesel will run hotter when rich and colder when lean, the
> opposite of a gasoline engine.
> The only other thing to warn about is diesel addiction, when you get
> used to getting 45 mpg on a big car, driving a gasoline powered car
> will never be the same again..
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> An injector overhaul ($100) is recommended every 90k miles to keep the
> power and mileage at top. The injector pump should be trouble-free
> when driven on regular diesel. Be sure to get the correct oil filter
> when buying filters, the gasoline filter cannot be used, and the NA
> diesel filter is too long and will sit below the oil pan. The
> turbodiesel has its own filter, a short, wide thing.
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