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Date:         Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:16:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <48616605.3050801@turbovans.com>
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Right, the little diesel wears out all its bearing very un-uniformly, no doubt because of the tremendous strain of three times the compression ratio of gas cars. Jim

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> > > I know, I wrote that because you wrote : > > " I have seen a couple of the main bearings, and they look fine. Cam > bearings, however, were showing copper. It was copper uniformly, not the way > that you see the 1.6 diesel show copper part of the way around when the > bearings wear out, but solid copper." > > Reading it quickly looks like you are referring to copper showing on diesel > cam bearings, > but you must be referring to copper showing on diesel rod bearings, though > that's not completely clear. > > scott > > > Jim Felder wrote: > > >> >> There are no cam bearings in vw diesel engines, unless someone >> retro-fitted a set to save a head. >> The cam runs in the aluminum head on VW diesel engines, with aluminum cam >> bearing caps. >> > > Right... this is a waterboxer. > > Jim > > ------------------------------ > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1516 - Release Date: 6/24/2008 7:53 AM > > > I >


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