Welcome to the forum

[imported_brackie]

heheeeee!

Yeah, same goes, i love em all too. but most of all the diesel golfs.

anyone ever turbo'd a 1.5 diesel?

cya

aydan

Not recommended unless the motor is in tip-top condition. Factory turbo Golfs have extra lubrication to the pistons, oil coolers and an uprated exhaust system. You would also need a turbo injection pump with a barometric compensator. The 1.5 motor is a great lump but suffered from poor crankcase breathing and drainage from the cylinder head to the sump. 1.6 motors have a larger drainage hole at the front of the head and later models have a oil splash baffle covering the camshaft and an oil trap on the cam cover. As 1.5s become worn they suffer from blowby and the combination of this and oil mist from the cam cause them to "runaway" using the oil as fuel. Pretty scarey experience, I can tell you! I have modified the breathing on my 1.5 to combat this, but really it's waiting for the time that I can rebuild the motor.
This post belongs in the "Diesels" forum! So I'll copy it and post it there too.

[gldgti]

hahaha - been there done that with the blowby etc...., but interesting nonetheless. i have read about the lack of oil jets etc, but not about the extra large holes in head etc etc, thanks for the info.

always knew it would be one for the too hard basket really...

sorry, didnt realise there was a diesel forum....

cya all

aydan

[Roscoe]

Hi everyone, just found this site from someones link on ebay! I have a MK2 GTi 2 door, it was my daily driver when I was living in U.K. but is now set up for track work. Good to see that there are others out there who appreciate that there is more to VW than Beatles! (no offence to beatle owners)

[peter_j_g]

Blowby problem

Hi,

I've "experienced" this too! Like you say, really scary. Seems to happen most often in very hot weather after a long period of idling eg Sydney summer traffic jams! One touch on the accelerator and off she goes - have to be quick to dump the clutch to kill the motor before it explodes.

Any tips to fix this will be much appreciated! Other alternative is to rebuild the engine...

Rgds, Peter

[imported_brackie]

Diesel blowby and runaway... A temporary solution

I'll put a thread into the main "Diesels" forum.

[20v kit car]

congrats for the golf forum, i think all types of vw's need a speacialized forum...can't wait to share knowledge and experiences cheers steve