[Vwdiesel] Injection Pump talk ---- ( for the pump gang and all )

[gary]

Diesel Purge... pricey?

I bought six cans a few months ago for $6.00 ea.

There are quite a few places on-line that have it for about that price.


-Gary

On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 07:21 -0800, Shawn Wright wrote:
> On 20 Mar 2005 at 23:30, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > > If you can get hold of a can of Diesel Purge ---it works pretty good.
> > For cleaning interior
> > > of pump.  There may be better stuff.    Anyway get a new stub shaft
> > assembly for
> > > cold shaft ---very cheap. Two screws and nothing is connected to it inside
> > pump.
> > ____
> > Lubro Moly Diesel Purge is the full name.  Good squirrel piss, as it
> > actually does something, unlike most of the other stuff.
> 
> I've used it in the past, but it's pretty pricey now... I tried a straight dose of 2 stroke oil 
> & PS diesel kleen 50/50 on my Jetta & it seemed to work well when I changed the 
> filter. But I don't know that I could tell the difference between a pump problem and 
> some other problem. 
>  
> > > It comes with two new Orings.   Do the pump step by step.    And my
> > suggestion is do not hot
> > > tank block if it is a caustic tank----like a boilout tank. A good chemical
> > steamcleaning will do.
> > 
> > Why do you say this? Is it too hard on the metal? I've heard of coolant
> > passages
> > getting thin on older blocks.
> > _____
> > You don't want to change tolerances by removing metal chemically.
> 
> Ah... that makes sense. So I should ask what they use, or find a used dishwasher. 
> I've missed 2 free ones in the papers so far - they go fast!
> 
> > You could commandeer the household dishwasher, use regular dishwasher soap,
> > or better, one of those new Electrosol "tabs" with the blue ball in the
> > middle. Furiously clean all traces of diesel fuel from the parts before
> > doing this with an evaporating brake cleaner.  After the rinse cycle, remove
> > parts when hot and wet, spray IMMEDIATELY with WD-40 to displace the water
> > and protect the Al from oxidation.  You may want to ensure the Department of
> > War and Finance is absent when all this goes on. Did I mention to get all
> > the diesel out of the pump? heh. it's pretty clingy as far as odors go, and
> > doesn't go well with the coffee cups, well okay , the household coffee
> > cups...
> 
> I'm not sure the rack would hold the block! Besides, it's a brand new unit, so I don't 
> want to break it in just yet...
> 
> Shawn Wright
> http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
> '85 Jetta TD (retired)
> '85 Jetta D 
> '88 Westy 2.1L
> '82 Diesel Westy
> 
> 
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