[Vwdiesel] Musings on a Turbo Caddy - Part II

[Hayden Chasteen]

Well, took the caddy out for another 100 mile romp on the highway  
today.  Since last Saturday I have replaced one heater hose (blew up),  
put in the correct sender for the oil temperature gauge (now records  
oil temp at 185-190 degrees F instead of 245+), replaced the piece of  
"cardboard" that covers the top of the radiator and, as I have  
previously posted, replaced the injector nozzles. I have also followed  
the advice of several people and cleaned out and resealed the seams  
around the base of the truck's top.  The old seam sealer was completely  
dried out and cracked through.  On the road, She ran like a top with  
little smoke except on hard acceleration and the turbo will put out  
about 11 psi of boost.  A close watch on the EGT shows that the truck  
runs about 650-750 degrees F but a good solid full throttle romp will  
push 1000 degrees but quickly drops when you power back.  Water  
temperature is really solid at just about a half a notch above midway.   
Goes up a bit on hard acceleration but quickly drops back down.   I  
also checked out the odometer to see if it was as far off as the  
speedo.  Turns out that the odometer is off by 6% or 6 miles for every  
hundred.  Figured this out on two 5 miles sections and one 10 mile  
section each one was consistent in a 6% error.  I guess that is not too  
bad.  One funny thing did happen today. We stopped at a McDonald's for  
lunch and when we came outside, there were two little girls (maybe 5 or  
6) pointing at my little Caddy and the massive 4 wheel drive Ford F350  
extended cab with about a 18" lift kit on it.  They were almost the  
same color and the little girls thought that it was funny that there  
was a "baby truck" and a "daddy truck"!  I commented to my wife that it  
was obvious that those guys were simply compensating for short comings  
in "other areas" and wasn't it great that I didn't need that kind of  
compensation so I could drive a small truck!  ;^)   Later, Hayden

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