[Vwdiesel] Cold starting with bad compression

[McCanless, James]

The filter is on the top! I will see if I can find a picture some where.

Troy 

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
On Behalf Of Kelly McMullen
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:07 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Cold starting with bad compression

If you do a top side change, don't you need to dig into the underside to
change the filter? Or is that only certain model/chassis versions?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Val Christian" <val at swamps.roc.ny.us>
To: <sshourds at flash.net>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Cold starting with bad compression


Shalyn,

On aircraft, the oil drain point is protected.  On cars, it's a low
point.  The quick drain used on aircraft just unkeys, and pushes up
to drain.  A piece of tubing 5/8 or 3/4" diameter slides over the
quick drain, and when you push up, the flow begins.  Cut the tubing long
enough to reach a spackle bucket below, and you have a clean drain.

The only thing cleaner is sucking it out, which I do on the TDI.  Drop
a plastic line through the oil filler, clip the line.  Pump a vacuum
on the container, then unclip the line.  3 minutes later it sounds
like a kid finishing a milkshake.  Then suck out the oil filter
area, and then you're done.  It's great.

I've never put a quickdrain on a car, because I'm afraid that some
chunk of snow and ice might break it off.

Val

>
>
> >On airplanes,
> >we just run a hose to the quickdrain, and the oil dumps into a
bucket.
> >It can be heated on a campstove prior to engine start.
> >
> >
>
> I have seen quick disconnects  to put in place of a drain plug at the
> parts store.  If they didn't look so badly machined, I would have
bought
> one.  Anyone ever tried them on the car?  I know they are used in
heavy
> machinery sometimes (at least I was told to encourage shops to try
them
> for environmental reasons--less spills) but I never got any feedback.
I
> guess it doesn't matter much on the TDI with the 10,000 mi. oil change
> interval, but I could save a bit of mess with the '85.  If only there
> was a cleaner way to get that filter off....
>
> -Shalyn
>
>

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