[Vwdiesel] New member

[gary]

Welcome!

A TD engine in a Golf does make a fun ride.

There are some things you may want to check before seriously putting
mileage on the car. Namely:

A fresh timing belt. That is, if the previous history is unknown. A
broken belt = broken valves and/or holed pistons.

Check the cam timing and injection timing. Check valve lash.

Check all glow plugs are functioning. I suppose in the Netherlands it
can get pretty cold. And yes, that lever is a cold start device. It
advances the pump timing a few degrees to aid cold starting.

Door handles are an easy swap. The tumblers can be removed and re-keyed
so all match. You can even swap with the passenger door handle as a
short term fix and just leave the pass. door lock disconnected for the
time being.

You can find pretty much everything you would want to know by searching
the archives.

There are some other good sites as well...

Yahoo Groups, audi-vw-diesels.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Audi-VW-Diesels/

VW-GTD
http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/index.php

Fred's TDIClub
http://www.tdiclub.com/
Granted, it mostly TDI engines cars, but there is a goodly amount of IDI
stuff there as well, and a lot of info still applies.

VWVortex
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=22


Good Luck, 

-Gary
1980 P/U NA-IDI
1997 Passat TDI




On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 18:10, Marcel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thought I'd introduce myself.
> 
> My name is Marcel, I live in the Netherlands.
> 
> I drive an '84 Golf II GTD. Well not really a GTD. It used to be a basic 
> NA but many many years ago one of its previous owners (a friend of mine) 
> installed a 1.6 TD lump that he found on an Italian junkyard, of all 
> places. Then the 4-lamp GTD grille from the same donor was added, along 
> with the struts and springs, 15x7 alloys etc. So we tend to call it a 
> GTD even though it's not authentic.
> 
> The odo that came with the engine now reads 346,000 km (~215k mi). The 
> car shows it age, but the engine definitely does not. I did have some 
> hesitant cold starts recently but then I noticed a handle on the dash, 
> that operates a lever hidden down the back (engine side) of the diesel 
> pump. Oops... now that could have something to do with cold starts ;)
> 
> Goes to show that I don't know the first thing about diesels. Other than 
> that, I consider myself a fairly good DIY mechanic, but this is my first 
> diesel. Other than helping my friend change glow plugs on his Volvo 
> (with the LT engine which is a Golf + 2 cylinders) I had never driven or 
> worked on an old diesel before. I've put about 1,000 km on it so far, in 
> just over a week and I kinda like it.
> 
> There is a large cloud of blue smoke right after cold starts, but it 
> does not use a lot of oil, or smoke at all after the first 20 seconds. 
> All in all, I think the engine is running pretty good, so I don't intend 
> to mess with it apart from perhaps adding an intercooler.
> 
> Before I got it, it had been sitting in someone's front yard for a 
> while, but all it took to make it roadworthy was two new tierod ends, 2 
> tires, wiper blades, a few light bulbs and fixing the emergency brake 
> mechanism. Oh, and it still needs a new downpipe gasket really, to make 
> the interior a somewhat healthier place to be...
> 
> One more funny thing about this car is that the drivers side door lock 
> is WORN. It works, but it doesn't care AT ALL what you stick in it. Even 
> a pocket knife will operate the lock just fine :)
> 
> Marcel
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