Fw: [Vwdiesel] top speed issues continued or, My Rabbit is a Snail

[Todd Osterbrink]

My dad's 80 dasher diesel did the same as your rabit.  He found out the
throttle cable had stretched and was almost broken.  He made a new cable,
and no more problems.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Wall" <natewall1 at yahoo.com>
To: "Forrest L King" <forrestking at juno.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] top speed issues continued or, My Rabbit is a Snail


> For using a dial indicator in inches, just convert.
> One inch = 25.4 MM, so a timing spec of, say 0.96 MM =
> 0.037795 inches (0.96 MM divided by 25.4 In./MM),
> round to 0.038 inches for easy reading, which = about
> 0.965 MM.
>
> Yes, I'd do a compression test to rule that out.
>
> Are the brakes dragging? Jack it up and rotate each
> wheel. Are they free?
>
> Was it possible you got gasoline (or diesel w/ alot of
> gas in it) from the diesel pump?
>
> --Nate
> --- Forrest L King <forrestking at juno.com> wrote:
> > First, thank you for all of your replies, both on
> > and off list.  I tried
> > it all!! :)
> >
> > Ok, here is the update:
> >
> > Airfilter is clean, even tried a run without the
> > airfilter!!
> > Injectors are new
> > Fuel Filter is NEW.
> >
> > I tried running the rabbit on a bottle of diesel
> > from under the hood.
> > the problem persisted.  and Damn, these things
> > really pump some diesel
> > through that pump - thank god  we have return
> > lines!!!  I could empty a
> > 12 oz bottle in about 1 minute 15 seconds!!
> >
> > I also checked the valve train timing - the cam,
> > injector pump, and crank
> > are all in time.  unfortunaetly I decided to check
> > this after i did my
> > bottle runs - those little valve cover bolts are
> > freaking HOT when you
> > are trying to remove them.  Got it all buttoned up.
> >
> > I am now going to try and check the injector pump
> > timing - even though I
> > don't see any signs that the pump has moved a BIT.
> > I have the adapter
> > and an SAE guage,   so I need to find a website with
> > some accurate and
> > precise conversions of the timming measurements.
> >
> > Assuming the injector is in time - because I think
> > it is,   could this
> > problem be 'bad fuel' ???   I think I might drain
> > the tank tonight,
> > backflush the in tank screen by pumping pressurized
> > air from the engine
> > bay back to the tank.  I'll put some reputable fuel
> > in it, Texaco fuel.
> > The crap I am using now was from a diamond shamrock
> > in BFE west texas.  I
> > think they were surprised I actually got auto diesel
> > instead of Farm
> > diesel, lol.
> >
> > My friend bought a compression tester with a VW
> > diesel adapter - it is
> > supposed to arrive in the mail today or tomorrow.
> > But I think the engine
> > has good compression - it starts on the very first
> > revolution everytime.
> >
> > Anybody have any more suggestions?   this is my only
> > car right now,  I
> > sold my Cabriolet a few weeks after I got this
> > running, and now I am
> > really regretting that.
> >
> > Forrest
> >
> >
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