[Vwdiesel] oil around injectors/smoke problem

[david hardy]

Thanks, Loren, Chuck for your comments...

> 
>   Take a sniff of your smoke.  If it smells diesel-like then it's probably 
> the 
> original injectors and a new set of injectors will probably make a HUGE 
> difference.
>   If it smells like burned oil then either a ring broke or broke loose, or it 
> 
> has gasser oil in it and a ring or two has stuck.

smells kinda like unburnt diesel, hard to tell, but it's not black smoke. Interesting thing is 
that it only lost about 1/2 qt oil in the 2000 mile drive accross, and most of that had to be 
leaked (from back of the valve cover, I think).

> 
> Have you looked at your air filter box for oil?  It will have some oil
> normally.  If it is puking with oil, your rings are likely shot.  A
> valve splash guard under the valve cover will help.  

It doesn't have much oil at all, thankfully. There is a fair bit of pressure under the valve 
cover - when I take the oil cap off is blows pretty good.

> 
> I get my parts from StopShopandDrive.com good parts cheap.  Nozzles are
> less than $10 a piece.  Over $50 and shipping is free!

thanks for the tip, I'll check them out.

BTW, any tips on getting a stuck heat shield out?

Also, I couldn't get my #2 injector out with all me might on a 18'' breaker bar, and didn't want 
to force it. Is it OK to just use more leverage and muscle, or are there tricks?


-David

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