Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 17:18:22 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Advice on TD engine problem
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Yes, like that.
Jim
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Jeff Schwaia <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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