rockbender
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A few months ago I had a Baby Moose pump put in my van. I thought that the guy that put it in for me had a meter, but unfortunately learned later that he did not. Granted, he has done a lot of work on these IDI's in the past so I'm sure he got it closer than I could have. My initial impression was that the new pump didn't seem that much different than the old one. hmmm.
Last week I finally had time to catch up on a few little odds and ends. I replaced the turbo hat seal and a couple injection line clamps. I also noticed that the turbo had a little bit of oil in it, so I checked my CDR to see if it filling up and letting excessive oil through, but it looked fine. After doing some research here, I thought that maybe the oil drain tube was being blocked by sitting on the plate below the valley pan so I loosened up the hose clamp and slid that tube up about 1/4" to ensure it was free draining. I am assuming that extra drain holes got punched in like they were supposed to when the turbo was installed way back when, but there is a chance that they are not directly under the tube.
Revised impression: WOW! There must have been quite a bit of blowby/lost boost coming out of the turbohat seal. It builds boost quite a bit quicker now and really feels great on the few little hills where I put my foot into it. I don't have any trips planned for another month or so, but I'll be interested to see if I get a little bump in fuel economy after getting the new pump and injectors working together. Now that I've made the investment in the pump I really need to get the timing dialed. I have a feeling that I am still running a little bit retarded, but have no reason to mess with anything until I have the correct instruments to do so.
Cold starts are still a little rough, but I think that may have to do with my timidness with the manual glowplugs and limiting myself to 10 seconds. Changing glowplugs in a van isn't the most fun thing to do so I'm trying to avoid having to do again any time soon. Warm starts are great - you barely have to bump the starter and she lights right up!
Like Gary and others have said, swapping out your old fuel system really makes a difference on how much of a joy your vehicle is to drive!
Last week I finally had time to catch up on a few little odds and ends. I replaced the turbo hat seal and a couple injection line clamps. I also noticed that the turbo had a little bit of oil in it, so I checked my CDR to see if it filling up and letting excessive oil through, but it looked fine. After doing some research here, I thought that maybe the oil drain tube was being blocked by sitting on the plate below the valley pan so I loosened up the hose clamp and slid that tube up about 1/4" to ensure it was free draining. I am assuming that extra drain holes got punched in like they were supposed to when the turbo was installed way back when, but there is a chance that they are not directly under the tube.
Revised impression: WOW! There must have been quite a bit of blowby/lost boost coming out of the turbohat seal. It builds boost quite a bit quicker now and really feels great on the few little hills where I put my foot into it. I don't have any trips planned for another month or so, but I'll be interested to see if I get a little bump in fuel economy after getting the new pump and injectors working together. Now that I've made the investment in the pump I really need to get the timing dialed. I have a feeling that I am still running a little bit retarded, but have no reason to mess with anything until I have the correct instruments to do so.
Cold starts are still a little rough, but I think that may have to do with my timidness with the manual glowplugs and limiting myself to 10 seconds. Changing glowplugs in a van isn't the most fun thing to do so I'm trying to avoid having to do again any time soon. Warm starts are great - you barely have to bump the starter and she lights right up!
Like Gary and others have said, swapping out your old fuel system really makes a difference on how much of a joy your vehicle is to drive!
