[Vwdiesel] turbocharger questions

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/20/2004 7:25:39 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Mfgavia at aol.com writes:

> 1)  The VW engineers obviously decided that this Turbocharger was OK to use 
> 
> with a 1997 Golf; is its performance going to be OK for use in my 82 vanagon 
> 
> westfalia?

  Shouldn't be a problem.  You'll be loading it heavier but intercooling and 
fueling would be the only issues to deal with there.

> 
> 2)  When I removed the oil return line from the bottom of the turbocharger, 
> I 
> found a loose snap ring in the opening that I removed with needle nose 
> pliers.
>   Any thoughts on where it might have come from?
>   Do I need to disassemble my turbocharger to restore the snap ring to its 
> original location?
> 
> 
  Uh oh.  It was a snap ring, not an oil seal ring?  Snap ring has the loops 
or notches where the oil seal rings have a half stepped overlap on each 
end.  Hopefully one was just dropped in there on assembly?  You'll need 
a special "spline" wrench to open up a KKK beyond the turbine and 
compressor housings.  Easy to get from Snap On but hard to find the 
right size plus it still needs modified a little to fit.
     Loren