Date:         Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:34:05 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Diesel is noisy
Comments: To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <003d01c69662$81d2e000$2f01a8c0@FirstLaptop>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

Sounds perfect to me.

Does it leak or burn? If it's a vanagon, you'll need that snout that
goes up into the DS air vent. Without it, you're hearing the inside
of the engine when you run it... there's no throttle plate on the
diesel to hold anything back.

Expect a bit of trumpeting wide open, think of a charging male mole
in rut. You can expect some piston slap when cold and occasionally at
idle when hot.

If it doesn't leak, smoke or overheat, you'll get used to the noise.

Since there's no distributor timing nor any tuneup parts, you are
pretty much stuck checking oil pressure, water temp, cylinder
pressure and injector pattern. That's really it, other than injector
pump timing. But if it isn't smoking and it runs OK, there's really
no reason to check that.

Jim


On Jun 22, 2006, at 8:15 PM, Zoltan wrote:

> I have a diesel and it is extra laud, like it has an engine trouble.
> Zoltan
>