[Vwdiesel] Quiet around here

[Bud]

Well my 1985 Golf 1.6L NA finally started burning oil after 175K on my
limited rebuild.  She's parked in the driveway.  I picked up a 1979 300SD
cheaper than I can do a real rebuild, so I've been working the kinks out of
her.

Hopefully next year I'll either rebuild or replace the engine in the Golf.

Merry Christmas to all and Happy Holidays!

Bud
http://www.rhinocat.com/cvaf4u/



On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:29 PM, <lbaird119 at aol.com> wrote:

>
> The Passat wagon's running terrible.  Smokes like an OLD Freightliner when
> cold.  Lots of unburned fuel, white smoke for about 4 to 5 minutes and of
> course it stinks.  Golf is surprisingly working just fine when it wasn't a
> couple weeks ago.  Stuttered and sputtered/surged for the first minute or
> two.
>   SAME tractor pukes white for 5 once the shot of ether is gone.  Runs
> smooth during those ether moments, then sputters a bit until a little warm
> (air cooled, Deutz or Deutze-like engine.  The Ford 4610 based also starts
> a little harder than it should and smokes for the first few as does the MF
> 245 but it's not used much lately.  The SAME could easily need timed since
> I had the pump(??) rebuilt this Spring.  It's just a 4x4 block that bolts
> onto the engine, runs off of 3 small cam lobes.  Different thing.
>   There, not all is running well. :-)  Just busy.
>      Loren
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Decker <decker at toledotel.com>
> To: 'vw fans' <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 6:31 pm
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] Quiet around here
>
>
> Hi Folks;
> Must be all those little diesels are running strong!!!  No tales of woe on
> he list lately. One thing I learned over the years is when the engine shows
> ot shut it off now and all you usually have is a broken belt, busted water
> ose or at the worst a blown head gasket. All of which are minor bothers if
> ne shuts the engine of instantly and calls AAA. Drive on and it will
> robably cost you a 1000 bucks or more  a mile.
> My 1990 VW Fox 2 dr wagon in which I installed a 1.6 turbo diesel and a 5
> peed tranny was down for a while to get new struts front and rear. On my
> ast trip east I did 7700 miles and by the end of the trip the rig was doing
> he Fox trot over the bumps. The new struts make a huge difference.
> I have a Snow Performance  water/methanol injection system which besides
> dding power  and lowering EGT's it keeps the soot out of the chambers which
> as a problem running alternative fuel out of my two tank system.
> Silver Fox
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