[Vwdiesel] Fw: Re: 1.6 liter diesel pump

[Tony and Lillie]

On this subject, let me add a couple of things to this.

I've worked on a very wide range of things, and I can tell you that there is 
a difference between someone who wants to rebuild/fix something the right 
way and someone who has passion about something and will take it that step 
further.

Here are a couple of examples:
1. Brake job
        a-Someone replaces all components that are out of spec, then bleeds 
the system and sends you down the road.
        b-Someone does the above, plus pulls the sliders out and 
cleans/regreases them. Then, a complete fluid change is performed.

2. CIS fuel distributor
        a-Someone takes one apart and cleans/rebuilds it with new parts and 
orings where needed. Then, it is reassembled and set to factory specs.
        b-Soneone does the above, then spends the time to fine tune fuel 
delivery so that each cylinder is within 1% of each other, and so that all 
other adjustments are also within 1% of the recomended setting.

On a side note, I drove Nicks car after the Giles rebuild. I didn't drive it 
before, though. But, I can say that when a car smokes as little as his did 
and still will damn near run with my 4000Q, I'm pretty impressed. Especially 
considering it's only a 1.6 diesel.

Oh, and BTW, I'm the "B" guy in the above examples. I suspect Giles is as 
well. Don't know what he does, but I know for a fact there are people who 
have a passion for what they do, as opposed to "it's just a job".

Just my .02

Tony


----- Original Message ----- 
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Fw: Re: 1.6 liter diesel pump


> In a message dated 1/26/2010 7:54:11 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> decker at toledotel.com writes:
>
>> All I am saying is it is hard for me to belive Giles is smarter than
>> all the other pump rebuilders over the years
>
>  Just from what I've done, there's certainly more to it than "turning
> up the fuel screw."  The more or less, external adjustments let you
> run up the overall fueling, how rapidly the boost enrichment comes
> in, how soon it comes in, how much it comes in, then you can
> adjust the rate at which it does all those.
>  I'm also curious what all he does but he's not likely to say.  Suffice
> it to say that most pump rebuilders set them to spec and he's not.
> You can most of the time, safely exceed spec and not kick out a
> smoke screen.  With a turbo that is.  Not a lot you can do without
> one.
>   Loren