[Vwdiesel] New head installed 91 ECO

[Bryan Belman]

You do great work Nick, we all had faith in you, Congradulations.!!!


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 Tue, 7/22/08, mikitka <mikitka at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: mikitka <mikitka at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] New head installed 91 ECO
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 9:23 PM
> Well I went back out tonight and checked everything over,
> all was well, had
> to add a little coolant and then started up the ole 91
> jetta, It took a
> while but finally got up to temp. I kept using an IR
> thermometer on the
> hoses and radiator to check temp. When the gage got to
> it's normal spot for
> the fans to turn on they did and the temp came down. I let
> it cycle three
> times like that and all was well. The hoses never got above
> 183 F mostly
> around 170F.  It sure feels good to see all is well. Now to
> get it out and
> stretch it's legs again and see how it runs. I also
> changed the oil and oil
> filter along with the fuel filter. I also bumped the timing
> up just a tad
> because before it seemed to not want to start right away
> like before, this
> time it fired right off by no heavy diesel pinging like the
> first time.  I'm
> also trying something different on this one. I had a spare
> set of 130 bar
> injectors, I got a set of GTD nozzles and had them
> installed and pop
> pressure set to 155bar. It will be interesting to see how
> it runs now with
> them in.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for all the help, I really missed my little
> economizer, my truck was
> starting to dip into my savings driving back and forth to
> work. :-(
> 
>  
> 
> Nick
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: LBaird119 at aol.com [mailto:LBaird119 at aol.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:19 PM
> To: mikitka at embarqmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] New head installed 91 ECO
> 
>  
> 
>   First likely cause would be, as mentioned, air in the
> system.  I'm 
> sure you filled it correctly though.  Pull the upper hose
> from the 
> radiator, fill until it comes out the radiator, connect the
> hose, 
> fill through the reservoir, run for a few minutes and wait
> 15 or 
> so a couple times and refill the reservoir.  That usually
> gets all 
> the air out.  Once the thermostat opens it usually flushes
> all the 
> air out.  
>   They tend to run hot if you don't have anti-freeze in
> there instead 
> of straight water.  Usually hot enough to blow the head
> gasket.
>   Different heads can run different temps.  Dad's
> pu's head went 
> phoey a while back.  When we replaced it, the EGT dropped
> 300 
> to 400F across most of the board!  The previous head had no
> 
> problems until it just went.  The new head looked the same
> but 
> huge difference.  Didn't notice engine temp that much
> partly 
> because the gauge has been a little flaky for quite a
> while.
>     Loren
> 
> 
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