[Vwdiesel] Many Thanks for Injection Pump Timing Help

[James Hansen]

Indeedy.
Good for you Doug.
It could also be the return line hose.  IF the socket mooshes the hose 
barb against the injector body, it's hard to get back on, so it can leak 
there.  Bend it back out with a flat screwdriver. Also you used NEW 
return line hose, right?  That's sort of important. You can pull it off 
the hose barb once and maybe it won't leak on reinstallation if you tidy 
up the end.  Twice, it leaks, and it's hellish hard to see just where 
it's coming from, can look like an injector body leak easy enough.
As with all super high pressure fluids, DO NOT USE BARE SKIN to find the 
leak.  Paper, white rags, etc. Oil emboli are no fun, and a small leak 
can inject you.

-james

82 Diesel Westy wrote:
> Congrads, you are no longer a newbie......
> 
> Get some new heat shields from local auto store and
> remove that injector, clean the socket hole and put a
> new heat shield in there.  27mm deep is needed to
> remove the injector and torque it to 55ftlbs if memory
> serves, BUT CHECK that figure please before
> re-installing the injector.  That will "smash" the
> heat shield and give you a new seal and stop your
> leak.
> 
> If the injector is leaking at the split in the body,
> that will need to be sent off and have an injector
> overhaul for about $10.  Wipe it clean, if you can see
> it leaking from where the 2 body parts screw together,
> then no need to try the new heat shield fix, remove it
> and have it overhauled, then put in the new heat
> shield, re-install and you will be good to go.
> 
> 
> --- Doug Presny <DPresny at cleantechpartners.org> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks to all that took the time to help with my
>> novice questions regarding injection pump timing. 
>> Last night I successfully started the '82 diesel
>> rabbit car and ran it for about 15 minutes.  All ran
>> smoothly.  The biggest helps included photo of the
>> timing mark, correction of my mm to inches
>> conversion, ID need to loosen cam pulley, and
>> guidance on what I was doing correctly.  I will be
>> back on the road after addressing a fuel leak at the
>> base of #2 injector which somehow I have caused
>> during the work on the injector pump.  
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> 
> Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
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