Weird idea for an inflatable boat Here is a weird idea.....I live in Brazil and the inflatable boats here are ridiculously expensive. I need a...
VW Retipar 1.6 diesel CDK, What are the heat shields you show in the photo made of? The ones I have here are hard steel and the local...
VW Retipar marinized diesel Hi Thudpucker, My sailboar weighs 8 tons and the engine will drive it through the water at a reasonable 7 knots....
VW Diesel Thanks Baekmo, I coming to that conclusion too. There is a guy here who modifies this engine to run on a 2 litre block using the 1.6...
Juliana main cabin This one just for fun
Access to VW Engine Here is a photo of the access
VW Diesel One of the salt water pump
VW Diesel One of the fresh water pump
VW diesel photos Another one from the other side
VW diesel photos Here is a photo of the engine...seems I can only upload one at a time!
VW Marinized diesel Baeckmo, CDK, Petros Here are some photos of my engine as well as the acess to it. The hoses to the pump and head are...
VW Marinized Diesel Hi CDK, I have entered the other site you suggested. What do these discs look like? Are they of steel? Here is the entry...
VW marinized diesel Hi CDK, I take it that the heat shield disc is the washer that goes in first, before the injector. I already took them out...
Thudpucker, did you send some photos attached? If so I can't access them. Could you send them to my e-mail? ashley.huggins@terra.com.br thanks
VW Marinized Diesel Hi CDK, I have just had yet another mechanic look at the engine. In answer to your question, the connection is being used...
VW marinized diesel One last observation worth mentioning Baeckmo, the hotspot of 100.5 degrees is ONLY ON THE INJECTOR. The areas around No. 4...
Just a last desperate thought...what about putting in some radflush to see if that loosens up anything?
VW Marinized diesel Hi Baeckmo, Well I have pretty much ruled out the air bubble idea, because the freshwater intake is fitted with a bleed...
VW marinized engine One thing further Petros, the gasket simply can't be wrong, it is an original VW part with the correct part number proscribed...
VW marinized diesel Thank you Petros. Actually the engine is at an angle so that the part of the block that is hottest is lower. The slope is...
