[Vwdiesel] 91 ECO IP bracket bolts loose

[Bryan Belman]

I agree Nick, 525 is ok, I think 490 is optimum, but that is ok.  Glad you got the guage un-stuck.  I have heard that many times about the cheapo high compression guages we can get cheap on e-bay, I have one as well but I have not needed to use it yet.

Sounds like you have an all nighter ahead of you and you will get the job done.  Let us know.

Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp   -- running :)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA               -- running :)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel       -- running :)
70 Type 1 stock Beetle              -- Not running :(


--- On Wed, 7/9/08, Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com> wrote:

> From: Val Christian <val at mongo.mongobird.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 91 ECO IP bracket bolts loose
> To: "mikitka" <mikitka at embarqmail.com>, vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10:21 PM
> Good compression numbers.  Visually inspect the cylinder
> bore when
> you have the head off.  #4 is high, but there are lots of
> reasons,
> and if the engine was generally running smooth before,
> you're OK.
> 
> Guess you got the compression gauge running, eh?
> 
> > 
> > Well here is the skinny, on the way to work the other
> morning the jetta
> > started up great as usual and ran fine but I noticed
> that it was taking more
> > boost to keep it at speed. Usually at 55mph boost will
> be around 4psi well
> > this time it was around 9psi. Then when I got close to
> work and had to stop
> > at a light, when I went to take off it didn’t sound
> right at all and had
> > zero power but seemed fine at higher rpms. Then when I
> made it about four
> > more miles at a stop sign it died, but fired right up.
> Got to work, popped
> > the hood and it sounded nasty trying to idle and no
> power. First I thought
> > it was the fuel filter since I have been running some
> WVO and 1010 oil
> > through it, installed a new fuel filter but no luck. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Had it towed home and when I got home and tore into it
> I found the timing
> > belt loose, took note that when I leaned on the IP it
> moved toward the
> > engine about a ¼ inch or so and then back. Then
> noticed the whole bracket it
> > was bolted to was moving. Then as I removed the
> plastic timing cover the
> > cover was loose and a bolt fell out. Noticed an
> impression of that bolt
> > melted into the cover on the back side of the cover,
> like the bolt got
> > wedged in-between the cover and the belt.  There are
> two bolts missing. The
> > ones that are in the middle of the bracket in the
> middle area of the timing
> > belt.  I’m lucky it didn’t get caught in the belt
> and shred it and trash my
> > head.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > So now it is time to pull the IP and everything else
> to get to all the
> > bracket bolts, take them out, clean them up and put
> lock tight on them and
> > put them back in.  I’m also going to replace my
> head. Not sure if all
> > remember but I have been running with zero oil
> pressure, (reading taken from
> > the head port with a known good mechanical oil
> pressure gage) anyway it has
> > been running like that since I rebuilt it and that was
> 3 years ago and 40k
> > miles ago. I have oil flow at the head but just no
> pressure.  I also just
> > did a compression test before I take the head off and
> all the cylinders hit
> > 500psi except #4 it was at 525psi.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > So now to swap heads and see what that does for my oil
> pressure.  Long story
> > short, previous owner broke timing belt, had head
> replaced, since head
> > replacement there was an oil pressure issue with the
> buzzer going off and
> > light blinking. All the records in the glove box
> showed every oil change at
> > 5k miles since new and I got the car at 154k miles and
> the head was replaced
> > at 110k miles when the previous owners had it. So
> I’m thinking there might
> > be a casting problem with this head. Oil pressure
> issue didn’t show until
> > they had it replaced. I don’t have much to loose
> either way. The rest of the
> > engine had all new bearings replaced and new oil pump
> so last resort it
> > change out the head.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Is the compression an issue as in too high?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Nick
> > 
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