[Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit!!!

[Tony and Lillie]

Great to hear it's running!!!

The front struts are pretty cheap, might not be a bad idea to replace if 
they are that bad.

And, yep, they are not fast, that's for sure. I think the factory figure was 
something like 22 seconds from 0-60. I know my car is at least that slow ;-)

Tony

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Subject: [Vwdiesel] Banana Rabbit!!!


>I drove it (more than 3 blocks!) tonight!
>
> It was initially reluctant to start and I was getting worried.  I 
> eventually got it going, and was chagrined to see how much black smoke it 
> was blowing, and how it wanted to die when I let off the throttle.
>
> But I looked, and I had forgotten to tighten two of the injector lines at 
> the pump.  Tightened those, and it started right up, and sounds pretty 
> good!
>
> Drove it a bit, got up to about 65 once.  I forgot how much of a slug a 
> 1.6 NA 4-Speed Rabbit is, but it seemed about on par with my old one I 
> guess.  Did seem to blow some smoke, but I'm optimistic that once the 
> super old fuel gets burned up and I get fresh in there that will help both 
> these things a bit.
>
> I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of vibration/wobble in the steering 
> and driving overall.  The front shocks are shot, but we'll see if I ever 
> do anything about that...  :)
>
> There is a possibility of it needing a head gasket, I noted some bubbles 
> going into the reservoir though it was only shortly after starting it, so 
> hopefully that is just some air bleeding out of the system.
>
> Now I think the thing to do is drive it a bit and see what bugs need 
> worked out.
>
> Dave Cook