[Vwdiesel] (off) Ford Tractor Diesel

[Erik Lane]

--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
>   The "Farm" has a Ford tractor and from the start
> they were told it had a 
> 4000 hour engine.  It now has 4 to 5K on it and is
> starting to lose some 
> poop plus quite a bit of smoke out the blowby vent. 
> The way they use it, 
> it should have a turbo put on it at rebuild time but
> my uncle has it in his 
> head that a turbo works an engine harder and puts
> more stress on it.  

do you disagree with that? seems obvious to me - if
the turbo is getting more power out of the engine then
it is working it harder and definitely putting more
stress on the engine. whether or not the engine can
handle it is a different story. the consensus here
seems to be that it can, but i've never had a vw td,
other than the 2000 TDI that i played with but didn't
own. not that i'd turn one down, just haven't had one
come my way yet.

erik



>   They have several tractors with well over 2K up to
> at least 5k hours 
> on them.  I finally got them to use my/Dad's tester
> and run a few 
> injectors while they were out.  Dad was shocked to
> see that they 
> all sprayed quite nicely!  They're a different style
> injector and seem 
> to last longer.
>   I'd say a cold starting problem is likely as Hagar
> suggested, slow 
> cranking speed.  I'd try bigger cables or an Optima
> battery.  I've seen 
> both/either do amazing things to cranking speed! 
> Possibly the grid 
> heater isn't working.  They've fought electrical
> problems ever since they 
> blew the fuseable links.  Compression could be
> getting low too.  I think 
> this one's getting a little tough to start but
> couldn't say for sure.
>      Loren
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