"Pollard, Matthew" wrote: > >> so the engine is lying over at 50 degrees. > > Why doesn't having the engine on its side give adverse issues to the oil > pump On a turbo Diesel installation it makes sense to move the turbo oil return line up above the pan. On the 1.9l TD engine this is already cared for. In the picture below you can see the oil return entering the block centrally just below the waste gate. http://www.cs.yale.edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/Turb.jpg In a 1.6l TD you would have to arrange for the return yourself, like Jack Ewald did in this picture: http://www.cs.yale.edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/D1_6lOilRet.jpg /martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs.yale.edu Computer Science Department jag@cs.rochester.edu Yale University Slow down and visit the VW diesel Westy page: WWW: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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