[Vwdiesel] rabbit smoke revisited

[Harmon Seaver]

   Frankly, I wouldn't believe jackshit that a shop told me anymore. I just
checked my wife's RAV4 that we had the dealer do the 60,000 mi belt replacement,
and, at the same time, had an oil change and switch to Mobil 1. It took me 5 or
6 tries as reading the dip stick before I realized that they underfilled it by 2
qts. Which they totally deny, of course. I guess the warrantee was up, so they
figured they could get business like an engine rebuild.


On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:52:27PM -0600, Gary Shea wrote:
> [2002-09-18 15:37 -0700] Kris (krisa at subtend.net) wrote:
> > The shop has re-timed the rabbit, everything is set correctly.  The thing
> > still smokes like there is no tomorrow.  Tech says it is dumping too
> > much fuel in and it could be a bad injection pump since I put in rebuilt
> > injectors.
> >
> > After hearing off this list that a lot of rebuilt injectors can still go
> > bad, I asked him to pull and test the injectors.  The pump was working
> > fine before I tore the engine apart, but I didn't muck with the pump
> > except the rear screw for dial indicator and the idle screw.
> >
> > So.. if the pump did decide to just go bad the month it was sitting
> > idle, what are my options for a new pump?  vwdieselparts.com is asking
> > $400 for a rebuilt. :(
> >
> > I found a used one on ebay (currently $20).  Works but has a small leak
> > at the pulley end.  Easy to fix?
> >
> > --
> > I'm just a packet pusher.
>
> Hi Kris --
>
> This all sounds vaguely fishy, but if you're stuck then you're stuck.
> A pump which has a leak at the pulley end has one or more of three
> problems.  1) the seal is shot -- easy to fix;  2) the bushing is shot
> -- non-trivial to fix, I personally don't know how to do it as it
> supposedly involves align boring;  3) according to my local Bosch guy,
> the vane pump can be destroyed when the front bushing gets overly worn.
>
> You'll get some great advice on this from the list, people who know more
> than me.  In the meantime, that's what I know ;)
>
>         Gary
>
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