Date:         Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:57:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Peter K <bybike@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Peter K <bybike@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Diesel - too much oil saga
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I've read the threads about too much oil with great interest as I took my
westy in for its first oil change here in Toronto. She has a 1.9 turbo
diesel from a 94 jetta, and the dipstick isn't "normal" in that a proper
level of oil is below the low mark. The shop put over 6 liters of oil in
her, topping it up to the full mark, and when I drove her it wasn't long
before she blew oil out, then promptly sucked it back in thru the turbo and
ran wild for a full minute (even with the ignition shut off). Max revs,
first a blue cloud and then a black one, and then she finally stopped.

Now she's very hard to start, appears to be pumping oil into the cylinders
and when she does fire up it's with a big blue cloud. Once the engine is
warm, it runs fine and will start fine. However she is on a steady diet of
oil (at least 1 liter every few hundred miles). She's in the shop now,
thought I'd ask here what people suspect might have blown... Mike said he
will start with a compression test.

I suspect the glow plugs are fouled, and some piston ring damage.

As a side question, anyone know where i can get a longer dipstick? Or
confirm what the correct one is so I can avoid this in the future?

sigh

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Regards, Peter Kraiker
studiofstop.com
'82 Westfalia 1.9TD