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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: MK2 GTD on October 07, 2007, 04:47:24 am

Title: K14 Turbo wastegate adjustment
Post by: MK2 GTD on October 07, 2007, 04:47:24 am

Well its Sunday morning and am in work, got a whole workshop to myself  :).

I was looking at adjusting the waste gate on the k14 turbo fitted on some SB Diesel engines and came across this web site

http://www.johns306.com/kkk.htm

I know its for a peugeot 306, but the k14 is fitted on a lot of VW TD's

The link will say it wont let you in as you have gone through a search engine, on the right hand side there is a link to the k14 turbo, click that.  What it dosnt tellyou is you is how many turns to adjust the boost, i found another site but cant remember where it was, i think its 2 complete turns clockwise to raise boost pressure...... but dont quote me on that.


My cars up on a ramp, to get better access for squirt of a bit of WD40 before i go for a brew and let it soak in, am looking for my k14 turbo and its not there........ So up goes the bonnet ( hood ) off comes the pipework from the airbox to the turbo, and i find a factory fitted T2 bolted on to the exhaust mnifold.

I have read on this forum that the T2 wasnt supposed to be fitted to the 1600 TD, yet i have one attatched to my SB TD engine.

Question:-

Should i keep it on there and go for a T2/T3 hybrid rebuild.

I have a few "spare" SB TD  bits. Good cylinderhead with inlet and exhaust with k14 turbo attatched, "SPARE" GTD pump with wasted LDA.

Will post a picture of my T3 on the SB when i get back from work.

Title: K14 Turbo wastegate adjustment
Post by: MK2 GTD on October 07, 2007, 07:53:18 am

Finally back home, so much for a quiet day in the workshop on my own..... had to actually get my hands dirty and it wasnt on my own car.... had a aircraft refueller with a damaged hose, hose change not a hard job but i now sti :( nk of AVTUR ( JP8 ) aviation fuel  :(

As prommised a photo of the T2 turbo on my SB engined TD.
(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/daddylonglegs1966/ABCD0005-1.jpg)

Also found the link for the K15 Waste gate adjustment
http://www.club-306.net/306_turbo_tuning

Title: K14 Turbo wastegate adjustment
Post by: rubadubdub on October 07, 2007, 04:35:38 pm

For what its worth my GTD has a T2 (watercooled) too. I thought maybe it had been replaced but seeing as youve got one on yours too maybe it's not.

Title: K14 Turbo wastegate adjustment
Post by: Black Smokin' Diesel on October 07, 2007, 06:47:47 pm

The T2 was used on a few diesels by VW, not all small turbos were K14.