Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 15:10:24 -0700
Reply-To: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Advice on TD engine problem
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Like this:
http://www.vwdieselparts.com/hgasid.jpg
Cheers,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jim Felder
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 1:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Advice on TD engine problem
Ken,
If by "tab" you mean the part of the gasket near the oil return boss that sticks out past the head and block to show you how many notches "thick" it is, then that is supposed to be toward the flywheel from the oil return boss, not toward the timing belt. You should not have to look under the injector pump to see it, but in front of that cast ridge in the side of the head. It should be in front, as in toward the front of the car, from you.
Jim
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 3:02 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> OK, I finally made some progress on this thing today. I was testing
> for oil pressure at the head and also at the filter flange where a
> second oil pressure sender was installed. I was seeing no oil
> pressure from either place. However there is a third port on the
> center of the oil filter flange that had a plug in it. I decided to
> check for oil pressure here and I actually got some! I am thinking
> that I may have had oil pressure the entire time in the lower end of
> the motor as it made pressure right away and it pinned the gauge over
> to above 80psi! Then I installed another oil pressure gauge at the
> head and started the van again. Now I can see full oil pressure at
> the oil filter flange but zero at the head port. I pulled the valve
> cover and the good news is everything up there looks fine and dandy,
> however there is just a very small amount of residual oil up in the
> top end. I cranked the engine over with the valve cover off and no
> new oil came up into the head area. So my new theory is back to the
> idea that for some reason, there is a blockage at the head that is
> keeping oil from getting up into it. I looked at the tab on the head
> gasket and it is toward the side of the engine toward the timing belt which is supposed to be correct.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Ralph Meyermann <
> ralphmeyermann@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Progress?
> > On May 12, 2015 11:21 AM, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > They owe you a free engine, or at least a really big discount on
> > > the
> next
> > > one, to make up for your lost billable time.
> > >
> > > Stuart
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> > > Of kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:34 AM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: Re: Advice on TD engine problem
> > >
> > > I didn't let it run very long. 30 seconds max. This was after
> > > oiling
> > the
> > > motor with an air gun on the oil pump shaft.
> > >
> > > After ripping everything apart and putting it back together
> > > yesterday I got a call from the engine builder. We had spoken to
> > > them earlier that
> > my
> > > Father and I thought that there seemed to be something wrong with
> > > the length of the oil pump shaft or something related to it. It
> > > seemed to
> us
> > > that the oil pump was not being driven by the vacuum pump. There
> > > was
> > some
> > > small damage around the slot in the bottom of the vacuum pump
> > > where it drives the oil pump. The builder dismissed this as crazy
> > > talk as he
> was
> > > looking at engines in their shop and couldn't find a problem...
> > > Until yesterday afternoon when they figured out that there was a
> > > problem with some of the vacuum pumps they had on hand.
> > > Supposedly the bottom of
> the
> > > pump housing where is seats to the block is incompletely machined
> > > not allowing the vacuum pump to seat all the way down! They are
> > > going to machine the pumps they have on hand but I am going to try
> > > to mod the
> > pump I
> > > have here just to get this project finished. I just wished they
> > > had
> > found
> > > this problem before I spent an entire day trying in vain to figure
> > > this
> > out.
> > >
> > > Hopefully I can grind a little off of the pump and get this van
> driving.
> > > Wish me luck.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > > On May 11, 2015 8:19 PM, "Walking Boss"
> > > <walkingboss@communicomm.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > The diesels drive off the back side of the Gilmer belt, and the
> > > > countershaft turns opposite to the gas engine. I would check the
> crank
> > > > bearings, and cam journals after all this running with no oil
> > > > pressure!
> > > >
> > > > Skipper
> > > >
> > > > Do the gassers and diesels spin the intermediate shafts and or
> > > > oil pumps
> > > >>
> > > > opposite directions?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
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