Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 12:33:28 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Waterfront campsites for kayak on Vancouver island and Bella
Coola, British Columbia?
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hi..sounds like an awesome trip !
and ...re
"the drop of diesel that then leaks out on the injection pump pulley and
timing belt is worse than a couple of extra turns on the starter."
if you are getting diesel fuel onto your timing belt..
or if it is coming from the main shaft ( and I am not a internal injection
pump expert, but I am a vanagon and diesel vanagon expert/whatever, for
sure. ) ..
first...fuel on the belt can be serious, even fatal.
second..
must worse ...if the mainshaft bushing is worn, it can cause timing belt to
track off center..
which can wear through the timing belt if it rubs on something long enough.
in other words..
the Injection Pump being weak can blow up the engine.
also ..
on pre-chamber VW diesels, like AAZ's ..the entire fuel system has to be
perfect. .
I can show you serverely damaged heads from bad injector spray pattern.
there is very little margin for anything to be less than perfect.
things can go a long time with totally failing ..but *the fuel system
itself, and the injectors and injection pump* can do major and serious
damage to the engine , if allowed to operate in a poor condition long
enough.
I should have the pictures of the erroded and blown parts on my webiste.
I really hope people will start to understand that VW pre-chamber diesel
engines are not 'toyota tough' and 'will run forever' and notions like that.
they will run for a good while..
but they are very capable of tearing themselves up also.
so 'be careful' let's say.
fuel on the timing belt ...
that is hyper scary on this type of engine !!!
usually it runs down the block and out the bottom of the lowe t-belt cover
and doesn't seem to get the belt too much.
there is ZERO margine for anything about the timing belt to be less than 100
% perfect.
If it gets off in any way for an instant, your cylinder head is junk
instantly usually.
I hope your situation is nothing as dire as any of this.
and ..what comes out the tailpipe is a deadly poison, so don't let your tow
year old near it.
Iv'e been to Bella Colla from inland ...awesome drive. Tweesmere Park ..
might be some kayaking on a large lake there . Never got to explore that
park, but I have been to Bella Coola where I bought my copy of Bear Attacks
in North America. Great interesting book if you apprecaite that sort of
thing.
Been to Prince Rupert a few times too.
leaking fuel injection pumps are one of the big disadvantages of diesel
engines.
Can't even happen in an electronic fuel injection gas engine like a
waterboxer.
Isn't that funny ..
fuel leaks in vw diesel engines are common ..
and pretty rare in gas vanagon engines , though it can happen, but it's not
an entire injection pump rebuild to fix them either, as it often is in vw
disels.
I hope your trip goes super well.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Poppie Jagersand" <poppie.jagersand@YAHOO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 8:35 AM
Subject: Waterfront campsites for kayak on Vancouver island and Bella Coola,
British Columbia?
> The Westy 1.9TD is finally in decent order. Changed alternator, belts,
> started, filters etc. Still has a small air leak at injection pump input
> shaft, so takes a few turn of cranking if she has been sitting overnight.
> I'm bringing a 12V in-line fuel pump I can install at the tank to prime it
> in the mornings, but thought the drop of diesel that then leaks out on the
> injection pump pulley and timing belt is worse than a couple of extra
> turns on the starter.
>
> Today we start our trip. Wife has some meetings in Burnaby next week so
> will stay in a nearby campground with my kid the first days. Anmore
> camplands in Coquitlam seemed like a good compromise between close to
> Burnaby and quiet setting. Will have WiFi there to check email.
>
> Then next weekend we go to Vancouver Island for a week of vacation. We
> plan to drive north along the island and take the ferry from Port Hardy to
> Bella Coola.
>
> We bring a folbot greenland kayak with us, and I would love some advice
> for where to camp and take kayak day trips with my 2 year old. It would be
> ideal if we can camp and launch from the campsite. (Having the 2year old
> running around regular boat launches with trucks and trailers when I
> prepare the kayak is not so good..)
>
> So if anyone has tips for quiet launch spots on Vancouver island, ideally
> campapble, please let me know.
>
> The ferry between Port Hardy and Bella Coola sometimes stops in a few
> places on the way. Any of these worth taking a stopover at?
>
> From Bella Coola we drive back towards Alberta, first on the very rural
> road east (ranch country?), then south via rte 97 (where I understand
> there are some gold rush historic sites) and west on rte 1 through
> Revelstroke etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
> Complete route is:
> http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=+Edmonton,+AB&daddr=52.744751,-119.101099+to:burnaby,+bc+to:Port+Hardy,+British+Columbia+to:Bella+Coola,+British+Columbia+to:51.124213,-115.839844+to:Edmonton,+AB&hl=en&geocode=FQ_SMAMd_J47-SkneNnGiSGgUzFpFg44pwZXKQ%3BFS_SJAMdVanm-A%3BFWV67wIdnJGr-Clzg5whqHeGVDFpsVKHc3IK3Q%3BFbX3BQMdS51m-CmL7UkaLHxkVDEIndkGssZotg%3BFZ8lHwMdsMFx-ClPv6twd3l6VDG_AIQFSgNavQ%3B%3BFYwCMQMd7EU8-Skj_96ARSKgUzFdFfZKDKAfQQ&gl=ca&mra=dpe&mrsp=5&sz=5&via=5&vps=1&sll=52.908902,-117.729492&sspn=12.208181,27.905273&ie=UTF8
