Um yea...
New rings fixed it. Still a little tough to start after sitting overnight below freezing but no more push starting it. I was blown away at the accumulation of carbon in the ring lands. This engine has never been babied, and I guess the 20k oil change is only a myth.
Valve leak was a bad lifter (see 20k oil change). It wouldn't bleed down properly and held the valve slightly open after idling for a minute or so. Now all you guys can holler and moan about a bent valve. It's not, don't worry.
And the glow plugs still work wonderfully, Toby. Thanks.
Headed to Montana in 3 weeks. Here's to hoping I don't hit another deer along the way.
Toodles
Chris
I guess the 20k oil change is only a myth.
LOL whut? with a 4 qt sump?
hahaha... that Amsoil has gotten really expensive so I went on strike. They claim a 15k oil change - what's a few more thousand miles?
Even synthetic gets sludgy with enough abuse.
I did a 19,000 mile on the TDI with a filter change and new added in between on my schaeffer's oil. They do an analysis for free if you use their oil and it came back that it was still "usable" at that mileage but the additives were getting lower. It wasn't new oil, but I did a couple samples in between as well to try and know what was going on. The ISO viscosity was going up as well as the additives coming down, but what do you expect after 19,000
