[Vwdiesel] Oil pressure

[Shawn Wright]

> I'm not 100% on this, but I believe that the VW industrial diesel
> engine, we later knew as a 1.5 diesel, was used as a 1.4 and 1.5
> diesel well before the first Rabbit.  That diesel power plant was 
> frequently used as a pump motor for amusement parks, irrigation, and
> other similar applications.  
> 
> It is possible that the gasser was really an adaption of the original
> diesel powerplant.  However, the very early diesels had the openings
> for the distributor, and for the crankcase recirc.  
> 
> If someone has early Bosch pumps, they may see that pump publication
> showing the pump in 73, and perhaps 71.  
> 
> Perhaps someone has better information than I do.  Part of my information
> came from a early VW service manual that I got to look at in 77.  The 
> factory manuals were scarse, and one of the mechanics had a stationary
> powerplant service manual for the VW diesel.

I've not heard of a 1.4 diesel, although it wouldn't surprise me. My first car, a '73 Fox, 
had a 1.5 gas with basically the same block & head design, so I suspect the gas 
predates the diesel. My other early Audi, a '73 100GL, had a 1.9L of quite different 
design, not sure of the heritage of this one. That engine was very strong and 
absolutely bulletproof, all the way to the junkyard... the inboard front brakes were the 
death of the car - when they failed, the car was not worth saving :-(
Inboard brakes - great in theory, but really *lousy* in practice - this is the only time 
I've had near total brake failure on a car - luckily the parking brake still worked.
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Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School