[Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
James Hansen
jhsg at sk.sympatico.ca
Mon Mar 10 09:07:44 EST 2003
Dunno Nate. I used to know exactly why there are injector break pressure
differences, but can't remember it just now. Maybe Loren remembers.
I am running my td injectors at 165 bar right now. The logic was to improve
starts on a tired engine due to finer better spray pattern. Mine has the
537000 kms engine if you recall. It seems to work, starts are improved,
will fire up at -25 C without assistance, but I did set the timing exactly
opposite to what I preach. I did it by ear... Not the way I would ever
recommend, but after how many miles and timing belts, I can get it pretty
close.
After setting it static, it sucked when it ran. I mean beyond sucked. I
figure it is a combination of worn pump, and higher than spec injector break
pressure. I set it by listening to the idle, and doing a WOT run to check
EGT's. Don't do this at home kids...
IIRC timing specs were different for emissions reasons.
Oh, was the higher break to compensate for lower compression? an extension
of the finer better mist being more readily ignitied thing? Td's have a
lower CR than NA's, no? I dunno, didn't get enough sleep last night. We all
have colds, kids aren't sleeping well, therefore mommy and daddy don't
either.
-James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nate Wall [mailto:natewall1 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 8:02 AM
> To: James Hansen; Vwdiesel
> Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
>
>
> <<<Same for changing the break pressure of your
> injectors- higher break pressures mean a delay in
> opening, but in the grand scheme of things, not a heck
> of a lot in terms of degrees.>>>
>
> Is this why the timing spec. on the TD is in the 1.00
> MM range and the NA diesels specify a lower (less
> advanced) number for the plunger stroke for the static
> injection timing? TDs have 155 Bar break point
> injectors, whereas NA VW diesels specify 130 bar.
> Also, how come the TDs use higher break point
> injectors, finer spray pattern, to admit more fuel at
> boost?
>
> --Nate
>
>
> --- James Hansen <jhsg at sk.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > There's other things involved there. Ignoring the
> > difference in engine
> > > sizes, most of their injection pumps are have very
> > much more fuel capacity
> > > per injection than the Bosch pump used on VWs.
> > This means their time
> > > (in degrees of engine rotation) to inject the
> > required fuel is much
> > > shorter. So even if they are turned up to put
> > more fuel in, the total
> > > time to get it injected is still short.
> > >
> > > The VW injection pump doesn't have the "capacity
> > per injection" to do this
> > > in just a few degrees of rotation. I've
> > personally observed the problem
> > > I talked about. On a VW the solution would be to
> > install a larger
> > > capacity injection pump, if such an otherwise
> > compatible pump were
> > > available. I'm sure it would be expensive.
> > Injection pumps for the
> > > Cummins engine as used in my Dodge truck are well
> > over $2000. Lacking
> > > a larger capacity pump on a VW, if you are going
> > to put a lot more fuel
> > > in per injection then you need to watch the
> > exhaust temperature.
> >
> > Excuse please, but the Bosch pump on your engine
> > right now can inject enough
> > fuel to melt your pistons to slag. Turn your max
> > fuel screw in as far as you
> > can, and drive up a big hill if you don't believe
> > me. With increasing the
> > fueling over factory settings, you are injecting the
> > fuel over a long period
> > of time, and the latter phase of injection happens
> > too late in the cycle to
> > do much other than be exhausted as unburnt carbon
> > and fire/heat just as you
> > stated earlier. Larger capacity injectors (ie-
> > bigger nozzle) address this-
> > the duration of the injection pulse is varied by
> > nozzle size, not by the
> > pump. The pump has a fixed amount of time to rid
> > itself of the fuel charge,
> > and being a positive dislacement pump, it will. The
> > injector has a break
> > pressure as set by the person adjusting it, and that
> > is just the pressure
> > that the fuel must reach before it will open, to get
> > proper spray pattern
> > and all. But the nozzle size dictates how much fuel
> > can get in over a
> > specific time, or the rate of injection. Running
> > small injectors and as big
> > a pump as you like will only get in so much fuel, to
> > the point of PUMP
> > failure- the fuel being relatively incompressible,
> > can't go out the
> > injectors fast enough, and the pump is positive
> > displacement, then something
> > has to give, usually ending in premature pump
> > failure. Remember the engine
> > is turning at an rpm fixed to the pump, it has a
> > fixed amount of time in
> > which to accomplish the injection. The injection
> > cycle amounts to the pump
> > having to put a given amount of fuel into the engine
> > within a set number of
> > degrees of rotation, and it will get it there, as it
> > is all postive
> > displacement stuff. Problem being, it can reach the
> > point at which the
> > mechanical stresses on the internal pump components
> > are unacceptably high,
> > hence bigger injectors needed to lower the peak
> > injector pressure. Bigger
> > injectors will lower your egt's as well, but only to
> > a point. It's more a
> > factor of the entire system- the static timing, rate
> > of advance, fueling
> > amounts and duration, air charge temps, all play a
> > role in max sustainable
> > power.
> >
> >
> > > Using higher capacity injectors isn't really an
> > option, since it's
> > > the injection pump that governs how much fuel gets
> > put in per degree
> > > of crank rotation.
> >
> > Not really. You can install whatever size injector
> > nozzles you like. Larger
> > nozzles shorten the duration of injection pulse,
> > smaller lengthen the pulse,
> > but only to a point. They must be matched. Um,
> > fluid dynamics.... the rate
> > of flow through a nozzle is proportional to the
> > square root of the pressure?
> > That is to say, doubling the pressure gives only 25%
> > more flow. You can see
> > how mechanical limitations could be reached
> > quickly...
> >
> > Common rail systems that use electric injectors
> > > can have fueling increased by either longer
> > injection duration or
> > > by using larger capacity injectors, or both.
> >
> > Usually only duration. The nozzle size is fixed,
> > and matched to the
> > application. Cummins uses the same injector to make
> > from 400 to 600 hp in
> > the same engine, just changing the fuel map. In many
> > cases, there are a
> > number of small short injection pulses per power
> > stroke, rather than one
> > long one.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > You can also claim you're changing the timing
> > every time you step
> > > > on the throttle.
> > >
> > > Not true. Stepping on the throttle only changes
> > the max amount of
> > > fuel injected per injection - which means the
> > "time to inject" gets
> > > longer, it takes more degrees of pump (or engine)
> > rotation to get all
> > > the fuel put in. The point of BEGINNING injection
> > stays the same.
> > > (Understanding that moving the throttle is done
> > with the engine
> > > at the same speed).
> > >
> >
> > You are both actually right, depending on the point
> > of view you want to look
> > at the fuel from. When fuel is increased by either
> > screw turning or
> > throttle application, the injector sees the break
> > pressure necessary to open
> > reached sooner, hence a slight increase in advance.
> > Same for changing the
> > break pressure of your injectors- higher break
> > pressures mean a delay in
> > opening, but in the grand scheme of things, not a
> > heck of a lot in terms of
> > degrees.
> >
> > Stepping on the throttle, incidentally tells the
> > pump governor that it isn't
> > going fast enough, and has to increase fuel to get
> > the engine rpm's to the
> > point that your foot is asking for.
> >
> > >
> > > > The timing advances with relation to speed and
> > pump pressure. I think
> > > > it's mostly dependent on internal pump pressure.
> > >
> > > True. The advance (of the point where injection
> > begins) is a factor
> > > of internal pump pressure pushing against a spring
> > loaded piston that
> > > adjusts start of injection time when it moves.
> > This advance is adjustable
> > > by changing shims on the spring, which you
> > generally don't want to do.
> >
> > You are referring to the RATE of advance or by
> > changing the spring pressure,
> > you change how soon the increase in advance for a
> > given rpm will occur (the
> > advance curve). You do not want to change this
> > unless you REALLY know what
> > you are doing, say, to change some EGT's at a range
> > of rpm's you derive from
> > dyno results. This is about the only application in
> > a diesel where this is a
> > useful adjustment to make I can think of off the top
> > of my head. Lots of
> > Bosch skull sweat went in to figuring this out the
> > first time, difficult to
> > duplicate on your own, unless you have something
> > empirical, specific to your
> > engine, like dyno data to go from.
> >
> >
> > -James
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