The turbo oil return line must indeed be modified when these engines are
installed at the angle that the Vanagon requires.  I prefer routing it
to the lower edge of the block, just above the oil pan, rather than to
the oil pan itself, since the cast iron block provides a nice strong
material to bore and thread into.  This still provides adequate drainage
from the turbo.  If you would like to see a detailed photograph of this
modification, I would be happy to e-mail it to you.

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     Anchorage, AK
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Sylvain B�langer
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 1:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Diesel vanagon high oil consumption

Hi all!
I own a 1982 N/A diesel vanagon that was converted to 1.6l TD.
It runs and starts very good and even tough the compression is very good
(475,475,475,450) it burns quite a lot of oil. About 1 quart every 150
miles
in the worse.
I know bad oil rings may be the cause but i have been told that due to
the
incline of the engine in the vanagon, some kind of oil bypass tube used
by
the turbo should be modified. If it is not, some oil might just go back
to
the turbo and be burnt by the engine.
I suspect this modification was not done.
Some of you know about this?

Thanks in advance!

Sylvain B�langer
Montreal, Quebec
sylbelanger@hotmail.com

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