Jim, I pulled the belt system off my 91 eco and put an 85 system with
thinner belts and only a 65amp alternator.  Not great, but now I tighten
the alt with a prybar and two bolts.  (I can't get a wrench on the
adjusting star nut in the eco). My turbo is blowing oil, I'm thinking of
putting a NA intake on and using the turbo for the 1.6NA Westy.  I
assume the small turbo will fit better? (note Vanagon content..)

Will.

On Sun, 2012-01-22 at 17:09 -0600, Jim Felder wrote:
> I have, in addition to my diesel westy NA, a 91 EcoDiesel turbo Jetta. It
> is an interesting car because the engine runs so lean that a catalytic
> converter can be used with it. The result is not much more power than the
> NA—a little—but it runs very clean. It gets 40 mpgs no matter how or where
> I drive it. I know it would do better with a regular turbo injection pump
> and a different  exhaust, but I like the clean aspect of it.
>
> I like everything about the car, pretty much, except the @#$% &$%&* &^&$%#
> @###$%#$ $$%^% %&* $&*^*^&* $%&%T*&*(&*^*& %&^&* belt system (it has AC, PS
> and was designed by #$%^&$#$). I sometimes feel like parting out everything
> but the engine and putting it in my Westy.
>
> Anybody ever done that, and kept the cat?
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> > I had an '88 560 SEL. Yea 18 on the highway was about right. 12-14 around
> > town. I ran it on regular and never had a problem. Never even felt a
> > difference when treating it to premium. My wife has a '98 Audi A8 with the
> > 4.2L, 5 valve/cylinder and Quattro. This thing does an easy 27-28 on the
> > high and 22-23 around town. I only get 30-31 highway in my 88 Fox.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > Tom Hargrave
> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 4:37 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
> >
> > Now that's a good "apples to apples" diesel verses gas comparison.
> >
> > Another one is with Mercedes S class, of which I've owned several. A 1986
> > 420SEL is rated 15 MPG in town, 18 MPG Highway and also burns premium gas
> > only. My same year, same body 300SDL diesel got 22 MPG city and 25 MPG
> > highway.
> >
> > I would expect the same mileage ratio in a diesel verses gas Vanagon and is
> > something to consider when doing a conversion.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> > www.stir-plate.com
> > www.towercooler.com
> > www.kegkits.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> > ralph meyermann
> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:47 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
> >
> > We once had Identical f350 dialogs other than 460ci gasser and the other
> > 7.3L powerstroke empty the gasser got 12-13 mpg the diesel 16mpg avg of
> > both
> > with the same load the gasser dropped to 6 mpg and needed downshifting on a
> > long hill the diesel was getting 12mpg and not needing to downshift on the
> > same hill there are advantages of a turbo diesel,not as much of mpg loss
> > with  heavier loads and less downshifts!!
> >
> > Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
> >
> > On Jan 22, 2012 1:11 PM, "Mike Riley" <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote:
> >
> >  this is mostly due to one man  BOB LUTZ !
> >  when  vw held the highest residual value of any car  make due to the tdi,
> > he gave a long  speech on why diesels  would not  be viable  here. These
> > CEO's with their  outdated "visions"  are screwing it up for everybody.
> > mike
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