[Vwdiesel] What happened to our group, it is to hot and sticky to type, YES

[Ralph Meyermann]

The sad thing, more fuel/power = more heat.

On Aug 1, 2016 8:11 AM, "Bryan Belman" <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hoping for some comforting words, wondering if I caused my head gasket to
> blow or not.
> on my 1.9NA.I have been running this motor for almost 10 years
> now.guessing 60-70K in total miles, I don't get to use it near as much as I
> would like, work and life get in the way but my boy is off to college in
> the fall, so that frees up some of my time.
> Anyway.  I have been messing with the fuel screw on and off over the past
> few trips.I had been getting excessive black smoke under fuel load trying
> to keep my speed up while going up big hills on highways, but only then,
> and to be expected, but this was a BIG amount of smoke.Not black, not white
> smoke, I would say gray in color.I had backed off on the fuel screw,
> counter clockwise and this only decreased power on hills it seemed, but was
> thinking too much fuel was my smoke issue under load.
> I have never seen oil in the coolant and I have never blown a hose off
> from too much pressure in the system.
> Then I turned it back in 1/8 and after talking to a pump rebuilder he said
> try going in another 1/8.I was not hard up against the governing collar.
> So, I left on Tuesday for NC, and the van was running great.  Power was
> back, it was like I was driving a TD.Hot day for sure, but all my temps
> were great, water and oil temp gauges.  After 2 hours of driving I came to
> the first big hill I would say on the PA Turnpike and I kept the peddle
> down to keep my speed and I was watching my smoke output.  It was blacker
> then what I had seen before and not excessive any longer, power was still
> there.
> Then, toward the top of the hill I look back to my temp gauge and see it
> approaching red line, light blinking, I never even got to look at oil
> temp.I should have shut it down right away but I kept it running to crest
> the hill and coast down the other side to find a wider shoulder spot to
> pull off as the shoulder was thin and many trucks.So, I left it running a
> bit long and then my oil light came on, I shut it down right away.
> Tow back to my Dad's house that happened to be 25 miles away.Next day I
> see the large coolant hose fix (using marine exhaust coolant hose) I had
> done years ago to replace rusted main steel coolant lines had blown off and
> I lost all of my coolant FAST.
> The head got so hot it melted my poly-etholyn return hose snub off the
> pump to the stock black fuel line returning to tank.So, I had coolant and
> diesel all over.I replaced the line, fixed the coolant pipe but saw that
> over the years the hose had shrunk and I did not have enough metal pipe in
> the replacement coolant hose.
>
> So, Can turning the fuel screw up and running it hard blow a head
> gasket?ORDid I just have bad luck and my large coolant hose fix finally
> popped off and the excessive head on the head blew the head gasket?
> The motor runs fine but I have pressure in my coolant tank in 1 minute of
> running and when it get up to temp after a mile or 2, it blows the coolant
> line again at the weakest point?
> Time to FINALLY install my 1.9TD that has been waiting for 3  years now.
>
>
> Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp --
> running :<)04 Golf TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running  :<)82
> Diesel Westy 1.9NA 1Y -- NOT running :<(70 Type 1 Beetle -- Running :-)
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