TDI into Transporter

[svenakela]

Hi all,

I have a VW Transport pickup from -83 with a monster engine, 55 hp gives hard acceleration.
I Bought a TDI engine a couple of days ago and won a Land Rover pump yesterday on eBay. As soon as I pick the engine up I'll start the mTDI-conversion.
The engine is from a Passat -96 and the pump is sucking air so I got it for a really nice price. The seller says that the head is replaced and the engine runs well. But now before the engine is out in the air, is there something I should check?

Regards,
Sven

[Syncroincity]

Hello Sven,

I would check/replace all the v-belts, and the timing belt and tensioner. Take off the intake manifold and clean the soot out of it. Thermostat & waterpump.
Find a place to mount the intercooler, most Transporter installations I've seen use a stock VW or SAAB air-air intercooler with a good fan on it.
Do you have the TDI-specific left engine mount? The original diesel motor mount won't clear the turbocharger... Brickwerks has them.

Welcome to the forum, and Merry Christmas!

[svenakela]

Ah, good note. I'll make sure to get the mounts as well. And a water pump, forgot that one.

[Syncroincity]

On second thought, contact Bernd Jaeger, you can get a better price in Euros at his site...

http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de

http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/TDI-Umbau/tdi-umbau.html

[diesel smoke]

Don't forget the idlers in the TB system. 

[svenakela]

Came home from a new years dinner (I'm already 2½ hours into 2010) and got the message from my English friend, "Got your pump, dude". Great!
The eBay-seller put the ad up with Pickup only. For him, not good. For me, perfect! How many guys in that particular area were looking for a Land Rover 300 TDI pump? Not so many I believe - I got it for the minimum bid. And luckily I got connections 20 minutes away and he promised to pick it up if I got it. And today he did pick it up! So, next week I have both the TDI engine and the LR-pump in the workshop and then I'll start the conversion right away. I hope I can manage to get some time to do it fast, but before the end of january for sure.
If anyone is interested, the pump serial is 0460 414 158.

[svenakela]

Arrrgh!.. The package is still at DHL. But now tagged as "Damage scan". 
Haven't heard from them yet, so I don't know how to proceed. So typical.

[CdnVWJunkie]

THat's too bad.  Hopefully it'll show up in 1 piece.

[svenakela]

Got the package today. DHL did read the zipcode wrong, so they were looking for my street in wrong area. The package was damaged but with a quick view the pump still looks ok.
Finally I can go on, will pick up the engine now.

[svenakela]

Finally after some research I've found an engine I think will work. The turbo blew up and they just replaced the engine. The guy doesn't know if the engine sucked in crap from the turbine, but he has the turbo in the workshop so I can have a look at it when I pick up the engine. If it's damaged I can buy a head from another engine that was wrecked when a guy ditched his Golf.


Engine to the left:


The one to the right...



What do you think, good or anus?
It's a chance take. But a cheap one.

[burn_your_money]

Plan to replace the rods if the turbo went. They like to dump in lots of oil and hydro lock the engine. It's not a guarantee but it's a decent possibility.

[diesel smoke]

Plan to replace the rods if the turbo went. They like to dump in lots of oil and hydro lock the engine. It's not a guarantee but it's a decent possibility.

This is very true... 

[svenakela]

Ah, good info. Definitely something to look up.

[snuggle.pants]

Sven,  What sprocket are you using on the IP for your conversion?

I am trying to swap a Rover IP into an AHU engine as well. Here the small diesel engins are not so easy to find.

How are you timing your engine and pump?

Thanks,  David K

[svenakela]

Hi,

Either I'll use the VW-sprocket or I make my own.
Timing, I'll do it the normal way I assume, measuring the advance.