[Vwdiesel] Black smoke - low power

[Harmon Seaver]

   first off, forget about the glow relay, whether or not it's right isn't the
problem with excess smoke. Or at least not within a few minutes of
starting. clearly the timing is off.


On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:04:43PM -0700, Jim Arnott wrote:
> Here's the latest:
>
> Finally took the '82 wabbit powered Westy for a 20 mile highway trip.
> 45mph MAX.  Lots of black smoke. Injection pump is timed at .85mm, new
> air cleaner, fresh fuel. The one "thing wrong" that I know of at this
> point is I have the wrong glow plug relay.  I have a fast-glow system
> and a slow-glow relay. Beyond that, all is correct AFAIK.
>
> What do I do now? Perhaps the Rabbit motor requires a different timing?
>
> (For those on the vwdiesel list, allow me to introduce myself and
> vehicle:  I'm Jim Arnott, list administrator of the WetWesties list.
> I've been involved with VWs for the past 30 years and currently own '82
> and '83.5 Vanagons and a '77 ASI Riviera. I recently acquired an '82
> Diesel Westy that had been sitting for a while.  This acquisition is my
> first foray into the oil burning world other than keeping a Bobcat
> running in 30 below weather.
>
> The Westy had been re-engined with a Rabbit motor but never run
> following the install. Mark Drillock on the yahoogroups Diesel list was
> kind enough to supply the correct Vanagon injection pump to replace the
> Rabbit one that wouldn't clear the engine cover. He also took the time
> and trouble to hold my hand (even though we're a thousand mile distant
> from each other) through the pump swap. So, it runs.  Starts right up.
> Idles smoothly with little smoke.  And that brings us to the above
> question.)
>
> Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
>
> Jim
>
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