[Vwdiesel] Ring job done but no help

[82 Diesel Westy]

So try about the smell of the exhaust.  We engineers
seems to have a keen sense of smell as well.
I call a good burning diesel, "sweet diesel"
I think is smells good when the motor is fresh and
burning properly.

That is the one thing I noticed just about an hour
before my 1.9na bit the dust, the smell of the exhaust
had changed as it was running at idle waiting for
everyone to pile in after a Penn State game and go
back to the campground.  Well, we didn't make it the 7
miles back to the camp ground and they had to walk the
last 1.5 miles.  Not a good day at all.

Bryan
--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:

>   Before you shoot yourself, play with the timing,
> change the fueling or 
> anything else (and DON'T use any Bon Ami) go back
> there and give it 
> the sniff test.  Yeah, Hagar has his hillbilly
> tuning, I say you can tell 
> an awful lot by sniffing.
>   A fresh, new diesel, when warm, the exhaust will
> almost smell like 
> propane exhaust or have a sweet, sharp, possibly
> slightly dusty 
> smelling exhaust.  If it smells strongly of fuel
> then you probably 
> need injectors.  If it smells like it's burning oil
> then you're burning 
> oil.  If it's oil then don't mess with your timing
> or fueling.  If it's fuel 
> then 
> no need to worry about about oil usage since a
> quart/couple hundred 
> miles isn't abnormal for new rings.
>      Loren




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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
Restoring 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82 Westy 1.9NA
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