[Vwdiesel] Engine Questions

[Kurt Nolte]

Choking, as in it's strangling of air? Or is it a rattling, shuddering 
kind of choke? I'd almost say that you have an air leak in a fuel line, 
and you're trying to run the engine on injected air instead of fuel.

-Kurt


Stephen Kraus wrote:
> I have nearly completed the 2.1l Turbo Diesel I am putting in the Jeep, I
> have a couple questions:
>
> Should the lack of the turbo keep the engine from running constantly? I can
> get the engine started and it fires up but it acts like its choking, slows
> down, and then stops firing. The longest I've gotten the engine to hold for
> is about 30 seconds to a minute, that is without the turbo. I don't have a
> reliable hose made to port the turbo air to the air intake yet.
>
> Mike Strawbridge been a big help in both the headgasket job and torqueing
> down the head (and letting me make a horrible mess of his garage)
>
> I'm posting this to both the VW diesel list and the Jeep list because I'm
> hoping with all the answers I get I should be able to piece together what I
> need to do. I just want to remove that damned 2.8l V6
>
>