Author Topic: mk1 rabbit: overheating, runaway and story time. (Read 16290 times)

tSoG-84bit · « **Reply #30 on:** March 16, 2007, 04:17:44 pm »

So, my rabbit is STILL in the shop. I called this afternoon, the mechanic said "oh it's inside, don't really have time this afternoon, but definitely get to it first thing tomorrow." apparently it has been in the shop since I drove it up there with my dad two weeks ago, and my dad has been getting the same "tomorrow, definitely tomorrow." story from the mechanic all week. Weather here is poor, no reason to risk almost two hours driving just to get the car. although I am a bit tired of waiting on the mechanic to even look at my car. I will call tomorrow morning, and make a decision, based on whether or not they actually did something.

If I do end up driving up to the shop to take my car home I will do my best not to kill my car, if it runs away. I handled it pretty well IMHO (not because I expected it, but I read about it on here) so thanks for teaching me about diesel runaway, I probably would have been way more stressed out if I had never heard of anything like that happening.

hey itzdshtz, by any chance do you know the part number of that hose? I searched a bit on some autoparts stores, but didn't find anything.

thanks again everyone, hopefully I will be on the road soon(tm)

tSoG

Doug · « **Reply #31 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:29:22 pm »

If you do decide to drive it home just remember to always leave it in gear and if you have to stop the engine because of runaway then apply the brakes while the motor is in gear and clutch is out. The brakes have sufficient force to easily stall the runaway motor.

tSoG-84bit · « **Reply #32 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:47:39 pm »

I actually had better luck lugging the engine by kicking the clutch and hitting the brake HARD. Press and release of the clutch quickly wasn't enough to over rev the engine but it was just enough to give the brakes a chance to grab on before releasing the clutch to stall. Really, it's not the run away I am worried about, it's the weather, and the crazy people driving in it.

thanks for your support Doug. I'll keep everyone posted.

tSoG

itzdshtz · « **Reply #33 on:** March 18, 2007, 11:02:33 pm »

I don't think it is available anymore, you can bid on the Ebay one or have somebody bid on it for you, or make one with some copper fittings.You also need to modify the small plate that fits up front of your engine where the vacuum pump vent hose goes, it needs a T connection there so that both hoses will fit on it.

dieselsnowmobile · « **Reply #34 on:** March 19, 2007, 07:21:38 am »

If you are afraid of it running away on your drive back home, just take the hose off of the valve cover connecting to the air filter box and kink it tight with a zip tie to keep any unfiltered air from getting sucked into the engine. Then, buy a hose to fit on the top of the valve cover and vent the blow-by to the ground. Should not need to be more than a meter or yard. Here is a picture of what I did just to keep oil from coming out the dipstick. Since mine was more of a permant situation (3,000 miles) I vented the air all the way to the back of the car. The fumes from the blow-by are not great, so it might stink, but it should get you homw without a runaway. Similar blow-by problem as with yours, but because of the different intakes design, I never had a runaway.