IP rebuild by Giles - All done... WOOOOWWWW

[burn_your_money]

Glad to hear you got it all timed up and running good.

We can get you OEM parts through the shop as well. www.autopartsonlinecanada.com and www.germanautoparts.com are also very good

PS don't listen to Vince, he can't be trusted :lol:

[zozie]

Well it idles well but I still haven't driven it cause I'm just doing a CV boot, and going thru some electrical nitemare trying to fix the autoswitch of the cooling fan, changing oil after the pan gasket :oops: .... I'll let you know how it drives.

[zozie]

Well I drove her home. To be honest I was really worried at the beginning cause when I stepped on it first, it looked like there was a small thermo nuclear explosion behind my tailpipe but it went away in a few minutes of running. All I can say is WOW. I don't really have anything to compare it to, cause this is my first N/A 1.6D and I'm not sure when my original (if ever) was timed and also got new injectors, but it's a different car. The only thing that worries me a bit is that its a bit louder than it was before, sounds much more diesel-ish if you know what I mean so I'll check the timing again tomorrow just to be sure(could be just due to the new injectors atomizing better thus burning quicker???), but I can safely say its got twice the power it used to. I didt try top speed cause it illegal :twisted: plus friday rush hour traffic, but you it feels like the torque has increased big time!!!! It just goes right from idle, and I can say that it pulls dynamically in any gear. Well at least as good as a 1.6D can :oops:, plus it doesn't die as sonn as it used to in higher RPMs.
It feels like a totally different animal. But it does feel weird after driving my passat 1.8T for 2 weeks :wink:
Anyway I can say if you want your pump rebuilt, Giles is the way to go.
I'll have a mileage figure after the weekend.

[autoholic]

I know what you mean by the "dieselish" sound, my friends 1.6 NA sounds that way and I went through the pump 2x now to try to find the problem. I think I might have done something wrong with the advance, the first time around I really had to fight with it, the 2nd time I did mess with it again. The car is also a little low on torque and smokes a bit too much. This is the car that had the rebuilt pump installed that had two loose washers grinding around inside for 400 miles!
I'm positive it is timed right.

[zozie]

The good thing tho like I said it's got twice the power then it used to before the rebuild.

[autoholic]

I did not mean to imply that your pump has a problem, I'm sure it was done to perfection, he is clearly a pro with these.
The engine I am dealing with sounds extremely "diesely", smokes and seems to lack power. I'm comparing it to my samurai 1.6 which ran very strong.
It's been a frustrating job, especially for my friend who has been with out this car for a while now. I must have screwed something up with that advance, I'm all out of other idea's. Were gonna take the pump out again tomorrow and look into the advance, something's not right since the lever does nothing to effect how it runs.
I am confident it is timed right (staticly), but maybe when running timing changes some how, I don;t know, it definitely sounds like a timing problem though.

[irons]

I have owned a 1.6na and a 1.6td. I noticed the diesel clatter increased or decreased based on max fueling settings.

[jtanguay]

I have owned a 1.6na and a 1.6td. I noticed the diesel clatter increased or decreased based on max fueling settings.

that sounds almost like the idle increase when increasing the fueling...  ideally you want retarded timing (as far as it will go) for idle... then as soon as you get going you want advanced.  nice and quiet idle, but good power!