[Vwdiesel] Engine Questions

[brian gochnauer]

"Should the lack of the turbo keep the engine from running constantly? "
No, the engine should run at idle fine.
I assume that this is an older TD that doesn't require a ECU.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>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
>
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