[Vwdiesel] oil around injectors/smoke problem

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/13/2006 10:28:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
david at planetmind.net writes:

> >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).

  Tends to sound like injectos then.  Not a lot of oil in the air cleaner, 
they do have a light wind of blowby normally so it may or may not 
have abnormal blowby and if it smelled like oil you'd KNOW it!  :-o

> 
> 
> >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?
> 
  Leaking heat shield sounds like so it's all carboned up.  Use a copious 
amount of your favorite penetrant on both the stuck shield and injector.  
Soak a day or two and keep it soaked.  For the injector PUSH only on your 
RIGHT side as you face the enigne.  Do not pull or you could crack the 
"bulge" part of the head where the injector is.  If a some pushing and 
tapping 
doesn't do it do you have access to an impact wrench?  That is actually the 
recommended method.  Rattle them out, torque them in, again pushing not 
pulling outboard on the head.
  For the shield just keep scraping and tugging.  A small, T-handle, 90 
degree 
bent ended body dent puller is REALLY nice as it'll get under it, you can 
pull 
well and it doesn't tend to bend or break.  You can also check that all's 
clear, 
throw a rag over the hole and crank the engine over a couple times to see if 
the compression will blow it out for you.  It mostly takes a lot of picking, 
scratching and scraping.
     Loren