[Vwdiesel] need oil return line for turbo-85 Jetta TD

[82 Diesel Westy]

I have gotten some stuff from them, great dealership
if I may say so or the guys in the part department
anyway.

Bryan, NJ
--- David J Hatzenbuhler <hatzie at fuse.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Doyt
> The part number referenced in an earlier post is
> available from
> www.1stvwparts.com (Auburn, WA VW) for $150ish.  
> The lubrication system isn't where I would cut
> corners.  If you are worried
> about it... It's a lot cheaper to replace than the
> turbo or the engine.
> Just my $.02 
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >PROBLEM: With the head off, I can see that the
> turbo oil return line is 
> >ancient,
> >rusty,and I'd like to replace it.    Doyt
> 
> 
>    SUGGESTION:If there's no holes in it, I'd just
> clean it up and paint it, 
> personally.  Thought my 5Ktd one was toast because
> the stainless braid area 
> was all collapsed and kinked.  Cleaned all the dirt
> out, wiggled it a 
> little and it looked good as a few years old!  :-)
>       Loren
>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> CONCLUSION: Loren's "Painting" and "braided" implied
> the question of what 
> kind of paint and what kind of braiding......and
> "high-temp epoxy" came to 
> mind.  Prepare the surface with a brass Dremel
> brush, treat the clean bare 
> metal with  phosphoric acid etch, and wrap the line
> with epoxy-pasted fine 
> wire window screen , cut into quarter-inch wide
> strips. This would cure up 
> as a laminated tube.   The laminates would have
> different rates of 
> expansion when the turbo heats up, so there is a
> risk/probability of 
> cracking  in the epoxy bond between the various
> metals. But maybe the 
> little islands of bonded material would reinforce
> the areas of the original 
> tube that were weakened by corrosion over the  22
> years of use, and prevent 
> further corrosion over the ?? years that the Jetta
> has left.
> 
> Sounds like a plan. Gonna try it this morning.
> 
> Thanks again for bouncing the ideas around.         
>           Doyt 
> 
> 
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