but I-Red clutch still won't fully disengage. Took a slow ride around the block in second gear and that's it for now. I'll probably be parting ways with it soon.
Kinda thinking that too, I replaced the slave cylinder but that didn't fix it. The pedal movement/feel is like normal. Maybe someone who's looking for a rust free B4 with a sweet black leather interior will take on the project, we'll see.
I have one and it has all the free rust you could ever want. Lemme know
It shouldn't, there isn't any sulfur left in diesel fuel IIRC, they did that stuff back in the 80's I think. That was the first round of IP seal failures, they never announced it or some such, all those old IP's had seal failures.
If that was the case there would be no need for DPFs. If you look at the intakes/EGR valves of the CR cars that have cracked DPF elements they can get quite mucked up. It does seem that soot build up is to a lesser degree than pre-ULSD fuel times. I don't do half as many intake cleaning where it is choking the engine off anymore but given enough miles it does return.
Isn't the intake mucking from crankcase breather recirculation in combination with the EGR?
Oh, so you're not smelling it you're just speculating that it should show up as odor?
Right. Sulfured fuel was before my time, so I can only guess why people concluded ULSD solved the buildup problem. If the crud used to smell like sulfur, i can see why they'd reach that conclusion. If not, then i dont know what.
Since I'm not a chemist I can't say exactly what the sulfur provided but I always assumed it was a lubricity agent since it's removal from diesel caused problems for the injection pumps. I also seem to remember reading that the sulfur content interfered with emissions control equipment.
Yikes!! I bet if it had a plastic CV shield, it would have melted off.
Holy rust attack, Batman! I'd be amazed if the CV joint bolts came out without serious persuasion.
Probably wouldn't hurt to have a shield, or at the very least an owner that actually gave a crap about the car.
Could be a problem, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. At least now it's moving under its own power.
One has to wonder why we would go through all this. Not criticizing. I’ve been there to be sure. Perhaps harder to explain to a non-enthusiastHere it is in all its rusty glory! I added the Mk3 hubcaps to make it look like it wasn't a complete junker. This is the good side, the other has a blue front fender and similar rust problems plus the hood was a replacement that never got painted unfortunately. There is one B4 hubcap on the other side still...lol.
Starter replaced, ignition switch not yet replaced but I still managed to get the car started by pushing the key upward a little. Now however, I've lost part of the cluster (odo and clock) so there's more to be done. Couple minor codes have popped up now too, brake pedal monitoring, which cleared out and hasn't been back, but GP monitoring, which continues to come back. It has a new harness so maybe the GP's need to be replaced. I have a good used set of Beru that I could throw at this with no great loss. Front windows are inop, inside it's grungy.
Steve
