Since swapping my original diesel engine for a 1.6 = turbo diesel two months ago, I’ve been looking for a shop manual that = includes that engine. One for the mid-eighties Quantum that donated the engine is the goal. This book has been tough to = find. Anyway, what I need right now = are the torque specs for the turbo-to-exhaust bolts, and the exhaust-to-head = bolts.

Seems the engine rebuilder, one VW DIESEL PARTS in = Ohio, over-torqued some exhaust nuts, and under-torqued others, = so one snapped after a few hundred miles. Upon removing the turbo and manifold, I then discovered that they = had used three of the correct exhaust gaskets, and one wrong one (for the non-diesel engine), and this one was breaking up, since it extends into = the exhaust passage. I guess = it’s lucky the stud failed when it did, or the turbo may well have ended up = sucking in some of that gasket.  = The rebuilder, VW DIESEL = PARTS, doesn’t seem to even have the correct gasket to send. Their helpfulness and concern = dried up quickly the day the engine was paid for! They seem equally disinterested in the main oil seal I had to = replace immediately after engine installation, as the one they put in leaked = badly.

So… if anyone out there has a book with these = specs in it, I would be very grateful, and if anyone out there is contemplating replacing your diesel, choose your rebuilder = very carefully!

Mike Moery, = Anchorage, AK

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