jimbote
Certified Volkswagen Nut
how long did you drive it before you noticed any strange noises?.... you can sure see the fretting on the main cap and the webbing .... I don't think it's overkill to build a girdle...the stiffer the better !!
Jim,how long did you drive it before you noticed any strange noises?.... you can sure see the fretting on the main cap and the webbing .... I don't think it's overkill to build a girdle...the stiffer the better !!
Cut it, weld it and reinforce it.Wow, that's meaty!
What are you going to do to extend the oil pump pickup?
It's just the little tiny engine block that makes it look that way. It's only 1/2".Maybe it's just because the motor is so small, but that looks thicker than 1/2" to me.
I might just do that once I get it all sorted, mostly to recoup my design time. I can't say that there is more then a small market though as this style engine has been out of production for a long time.Man once you get that girdle 100% you could start selling those suckers.
Hi Joe!!For the PCV oil fume problem, I would suggest doing what I've seen on many drag cars. They simply route a hose from the crank case vent to a weld-in bung in the exhaust. The air passing over the bung in the exhuast creates a vacuum, pulling the harmful oil vapor out thru the tail pipe, rather than feeding it into your turbo and gumming up your turbo, intercooler, and intake ports. Apparently you see more oil condense with the more blow-by you have. My Duramax has a PCV hose running to the frame, that just sits open to the atmosphere. It rarely ever drops oil out. My OM617 on the other hand, had tons of blow-by, and slowly trickled oil out the PCV hose.
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=429695What made you curious to start looking at the alignment? And with the acme kit, or your new plate, does the flywheel get a spacer of equal thickness to the adapter?
Very interesting read. Thank you. Weird that the acme kit doesn't use any sort of centering pin.