Little Butch
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Good idea! Can anybody help me out with the bell housing plug?
Little Butch
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That's the flywheel one? What about the one in the bel housing or am I getting confused?
Little Butch
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Ahhhh pretty sure that's the one I thought it was, it's already got a plug in and we have t out it in, in the past 4 years we've owned it... Oops, that'll need emptying!
Thankyou for the pic, cleared things up.
Thankyou for the pic, cleared things up.
Little Butch
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Can't find a 3 into 1 connector on ebay or maybe I'm just being a tw*t?!
Also, had the snapped banjo bolt removed earlier so got that all sorted
just need 3 shorter bolts for the timing case breather, anybody help on that front?
Also, had the snapped banjo bolt removed earlier so got that all sorted
just need 3 shorter bolts for the timing case breather, anybody help on that front?Little Butch
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Good idea, I need to buy a decent hacksaw actually! Don't suppose anybody's in suffolk and fancies helping me seal the air pipes and snorkel?
Little Butch
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Just took the gearbox drain plug that's probably been in there for 4 odd years... Nothing came out!
Cheers pumpy, will do. Does anybody know whthe part number for the two flexipipes that go from Airbox to turbo and Airbox to the wing/snorkel?
Cheers pumpy, will do. Does anybody know whthe part number for the two flexipipes that go from Airbox to turbo and Airbox to the wing/snorkel?
Once you've sealed the snorkel, test it with a heavy duty plastic bag wrapped over it, if it stalls you're good to go
Have you actually tried that? as Ive found its almost impossible to stop a tdi that doesnt want to stop running even with air blocked off!
Pumpy
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Yeah, I used a heavy duty gash bag on my 300tdi, and I used a waterproof coat on on my mates 200tdi.
If it won't stop running it's getting air from somewhere besides the top of the snorkel, or it's braking the laws of chemistry.
Pumpy
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I can't speculate on that mate, I can only report what I did and how it turned out. Both times I tried it the engine stopped within about 8-10 seconds.
If there's no air getting into the engine it will stop, regardless of the fuel it's using*, or it's breaking the laws of chemistry.
*although any fuel containing oxygen mite carry on as that would not be breaking the laws of chemistry
and theoretically if it's getting air via the turbo, it's getting air from somewhere else besides the top of the snorkel, so the statement is still correct (although maybe not so good for the engine
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Lowlight
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If it's sealed right it'll stop in a couple of seconds, in the vid I posted you can hear the vacuum that's been formed when I pull the cardboard off. If there's no air the engine will stop.
I have heard about turbo failure and runaway engines but if you've done it right and it is sealed the engine still needs air so it would stall anyway. If you're turbo is OK then there won't be a problem.
I have heard about turbo failure and runaway engines but if you've done it right and it is sealed the engine still needs air so it would stall anyway. If you're turbo is OK then there won't be a problem.
