Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:11:51 -0700
Reply-To: David Snyder <dsnyder@GOODNET.COM>
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From: David Snyder <dsnyder@GOODNET.COM>
Subject: Re: [DIESEL] Reinhardt Saga (long)
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Parts Place in Michigan lists a 1.9 Turbo Diesel Longblock for $2,295 Phone
number is 888 432-3548 to order or 248 373-2300 to ask questions. They seem
to be expensive but they sure have a lot of stuff in their catalog. Just to
give you and idea, when I had my NA 1.6 diesel rebuilt by SIR International,
I shipped it from Arizona to California and they shipped it back rebuilt for
under $1200. Parts place lists rebuilt NA 1.6 diesels for $1695 before
shipping. So.... cheaper ones are out there, just where???? And remember,
there's no replacement for displacement. You might have to upgrade
Reinhardt's radiator for the 1.9.
Good Luck.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Southard <southard@gis.net>
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Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 6:09 PM
Subject: [DIESEL] Reinhardt Saga (long)
>Some of you may recall my note in July about my overheating '82 Diesel
Westy.
> There was white smoke, high temperature and "clanking." After a long tow
>home, "Reinhardt" has sat in the garage awaiting my attention.
>
>Well, I finally pulled off the head (had to take a day off from work to
focus.)
> Are exhaust bolts designed to break off or is it just my technique?
>
>Anyway, here's what I found (not good.) #2 cylinder is a mess. First,
while
>removing the #2 fuel injector, I noticed something in the hole. Metallic.
> Loose, but not removable through hole. Off with the head. #2 piston
looks
>like it has been hammered. Almost like I had dropped hot solder on top of
it.
> Clean and shiney (no carbon), and beat up badly. Cylinder has some
noticable
>scoring, but no gouging. Area of head above #2 cylinder looks like the
surface
>of the moon. The pre-chamber insert is broken into three pieces and turned
120
>degrees and tilted! The metal I had seen through the fuel injector hole
was a
>broken off part of the insert. The valves actually look fairly good,
certainly
>not as beaten up as the head itself (they must be harder than the soft
alloy
>head). They go up and down ok when I rotate the camshaft and appear to
seat
>evenly, although the seats are banged up too. I couldn't find any evidence
>that the head gasket was blown, although the section of the head gasket
below
>the pre-chamber insert (half-moon shape) was completely gone, as if it had
been
>punched out. No sign of it. The PO used some sort of sealer when he put
on
>the head gasket (gasket is dated 7/97). Valves are marked 1, 1I, 2, 2I, 3,
3I,
>so PO must have had a valve job done also, right? Engine only has 59k
miles
>and everything else actually looks real good. Other cylinders look good,
>injectors look good, glow plugs look good, no valve marks on other
pistons,etc.
>
>So, head is trashed. I had originally thought that maybe the timing belt
had
>jumped a tooth, but since the other cylinders and pistons look good, I've
>scratched that idea. Also thought maybe a valve had broken a spring or
dropped
>something, but they don't appear to be the problem. I've settled on the
>pre-chamber insert. It almost appears that it got loose, spun, bounced
around,
>broke apart and generally disintegrated. The lack of carbon in this
cylinder
>makes me think that raw fuel was coming in and not combusting. Instead, it
>cleaned things up real good, before exiting as unburned fuel (white
exhaust).
> The insert did not have that little nipple on it that positions it
correctly
>so that the fuel injector spray is directed properly. This probably got
>knocked off along the way.
>
>Has anybody ever heard of the pre-chamber insert failing like this? Is it
more
>probable that something did get into the cylinder and hit the insert and
caused
>it to come loose?
>
>Figuring this out may be academic. Although the block looks salvageable,
I've
>pretty much reconciled myself to putting in a 1.9l, rather than
resurrecting a
>1.6l that is already too little power for this vehicle. As I said before,
I
>have the fixin's from a quantum turbo diesel. If I'm going to do a bunch
of
>engine work, I might as well improve performance. What are my purchase
options
>for a 1.9l TD long block?
>
>Thanks for listening. I would appreciate any comments.
>
>Maynard
>'82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt"
>'93 EV GL "Klinger"
>
>
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