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• #30 by Jetta Fan on 21 Aug, 2007 13:47
• That's what I'd like to put in the Jetta when the time comes. Thankfully, the ones there now are still good. Need rear springs though...they're starting to sag.
• #31 by Slave2School on 21 Aug, 2007 15:08
• Hmm reading around it seems I might have to get a big truck boost gauge.  The M21 engine runs 1.9Bar ~27psi of boost from the factory.
• #32 by Jetta Fan on 22 Aug, 2007 09:54
• :shock:
  
  27 psi? And that's before you even start to "tinker" with it.
• #33 by Slave2School on 22 Aug, 2007 10:45
• Yes, that is the only specs I can find on peak boost.  I'm not sure if that is a typo or not!
• #34 by Slave2School on 22 Aug, 2007 19:06
• Ok update guys.
  
  It is a 1986.
  
  Chassis number    1815615
  Vehicle code    1511
  Series    E30
  Model    324d
  Body type    saloon
  Catalog model    ECE
  Production date    1986 / 06
  Engine    M21
  Transmission    Manual
  Steering    Left
  Catalyzer    NONE
  
  (That is what the vin pulled up apparently)
  
  My friend is going to gut the car and do a full tear down.  We both agree that red is cool, but blue is better  If it goes as planned we will go with something like Toyota Lexus Spectra Blue.  I think it would look nice at least, and this car is for me er....the "family"
• #35 by Holeshot on 23 Aug, 2007 01:50
• Excellent find on a SWEET ride.
  
  As others have stated - please provide LOTS of pictures.  I'd do dirty deeds for a turbo diesel Bimmer.  
  
  On edit:  Is that M21 IDI or DI?  I can't seem to find much info on that engine online...
  
  Beers,
  
  Matt
  \x/ hillfolk!
• #36 by Holeshot on 23 Aug, 2007 02:11
• I think I read somewhere that the M21 had 16:1 compression - that would certainly seem like DI to me...
  hrmmmmm....
  
  Thanks,
  
  Matt
• #37 by Slave2School on 23 Aug, 2007 06:09
• Yeah as you found in the other thread this one is idi, it does have ancie factory intercooler though.
• #38 by gldgti on 01 Sep, 2007 04:16
• this is a great find! those beemer diesels are pretty solid little engines too, i reckon you could get it to be a fast car with the right amount of boost.... then you get the natural bmw sideways action aswell! yippeee!
• #39 by vixentd on 02 Sep, 2007 01:45
• I have a number of manuals for your car, as well as the factory diesel training manual. You can reach me at vixentd at gmail.com
  
  by the way that enging with a turbo is in our motorhomes
  vixenrv.org
• #40 by Slave2School on 02 Sep, 2007 08:31
• Thanks!  I will be in contact with you
  
  We did some more work yesterday, the pump is screwed/gummed up from sitting so long  I fed a bottle of powerservice through it (well into it) since the return seems to be blocked/suction pretty poor in general so the pump will likely have to come out to get rebuilt.  It idles like a trooper though, no knocking to speak of and pretty dang smooth!  Smoother than the tdi I'd say.
  
  Anyway the battle continues  I think this car has more in common with teh 318 since I have drums in the rear actually!  That will be a project for after she is on the road since I need to swap the rear control arms with the ones from a real 325.
  
  Also, not sure if she had an engine swap from crazy freaking german or not (based on the vin), since she has the turbo, oil cooler and the proper pump on it, along with a fancy after market intercooler setup that is probably 2ftx2ft with really nicely done piping.  I'm sure there will be more surprises.  But hey, the in car air temp computer, crank moonroof, and power mirrors all work W00t!  My friend even found the euro hitch in the trunk  It connects like an air coupling with ball bearings that lock into place.
  
  Engine will be coming out for a rear main seal and other such maintenance/painting of the car along with most of the interior so hopefully there is nothing some money (ok lots of money) can't fix.  If anyone has one of the pure mechanical pumps that are used on this TD sitting on a shelf somewhere let me know lol.
• #41 by bigblockchev on 05 Sep, 2007 23:06
• To get the crud cleaned out of the  pump and the rest of the Injection system what works great is called "Diesel Purge" by lubromoly The mercedes guys swear by it , I have used it on a couple of my cars and it is really strong stuff. You feed it directly into the IP through a bottle. I suspect that this stuff is quite a bit stronger than Power service or anything else on the market.
  http://mercedessource.com/node/708
   If you can't find it locally Hopefung autoparts in Richmond  BC has it in stock, I don't think it can be shipped from the US.
• #42 by Slave2School on 06 Sep, 2007 10:03
• I can get it from my parts dude, but I fear the vane pump is actually seized up inside.  The former owner of the car was a complete waste of skin (as far as diesel engines go) and had a totally half assed wvo system installed.  As such it appears that there was little in the way of dewatering/filtering done and the *** that appeared in the bottom of the power service jug that I fed directly (with return line back to the jug) showed mucho dirt collection.
  
  I plan on taking this car accross the country with me so I will probably end up with a full rebuild to the tune of $1K-$1200, oh well such is life with these things.
• #43 by bigblockchev on 06 Sep, 2007 18:40
• Well if you do get the IP rebuild maybe Gilles can do some tweaking to it. That would make the cost worthwhile. I would still try the Diesel purge since it is cheap , it will shake loose quite a bit of junk as well. Let us know how this is going. Cheers Dan
• #44 by Slave2School on 06 Sep, 2007 19:48
• If I were right at the car I would be trying an electric lift pump n it right now  but my friend is a busy fellow with 2 jobs at the moment, so most of the trouble shooting must wait till the weekend when he has more time available.