[Vwdiesel] Fwd: RE: was starting and now a bomb

[The President]

See it could just be fuel starvation ;o)

If a tight belt has damaged pump then it would show up if you grabbed pump 
sprocket and checked for sideways movement.and possibly diesel leakage from 
the spindle.
Regards
Mark


>From: paul lew <biovolks at yahoo.com>
>To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: [Vwdiesel] Fwd: RE: was starting and now a bomb
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:54:25 -0800 (PST)
>
>On the weekend I replaced the starter, it now turns over at normal speed 
>all the time, but still no difference in starting problem...
>   It still takes about 10 - 15 seconds of turning over ,only spits a puff 
>of smoke out the tail pipe whenever I feel it buck, then smoke when it 
>finally starts up, then very little smoke - idling smooth, when engine is 
>warm, only takes 2 - 3 turns to start.
>   New filter, lines to and from filter, rebuilt head and, injectors were 
>serviced before I bought it.
>   I did notice that the timing belt looks a little glazed, and it is too 
>tight ,which someone mentioned can wear out a pump (I can't even get close 
>to twisting the belt 45 degrees).
>   If I loosen it to specs. will I have to do the timing like the manual 
>says ??, I don't want to make it worse, I have set timing in the past 
>sucessfully with a micrometer ,but I don't have a micrometer now.
>
>   --Is it possible the pump is drawing air through a internal seal 
>somehow, or not coming up to high enough pressure until it heats up from - 
>eg.- friction ,seals expanding...
>
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>
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