Ken, which temp sender did they supply? One with a yellow or green ring? The
yellow one reads wrong.

Timing @ 1.05 is actually better power and more responsive. 'Factory
emission' spec isn't always best. ;-)

 On Wed, 27 May 2015 17:13:46 -0400, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
<kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

>OK guys just wanted to update you all on what is up with the 1.9l TD
>conversion.  Got it all back together last week but then the timing was off
>and I didn't have the tool to set it properly (a whole different story) so
>I had to order one.  Fast forward to Tuesday of this week, set the timing
>back to where it was (.90mm lift) and the van is purring like a rather
>large kitten!  Running great and the pesky oil light is off.  Driving it
>around as a test drive, my coolant temp gauge is reading around 3/4 hot
>however reading the temps with an infrared heat gun it isn't even hot at
>the hose that goes to the head at that point.  I let it run last night to
>get hot enough for the radiator fan to come on and when it did the gauge is
>almost reading full hot.  I think it is just not calibrated to the sender
>that came with the engine.  I wish you could adjust the gauge somehow, but
>as far as I know there isn't a way to do that.  My new normal is 3/4 hot.
>I pulled that relay for the blinking light out because the reservoir for
>the conversion doesn't have a level sender in it.
>
>Driving around, it seems to have power on par with a 1.9l waterboxer with
>more low end torque.  I can take off in 2nd gear with my unmodified
>waterboxer transmission and that actually feels better than starting in 1st
>which is almost a creeper gear now.  At 50 mph it is winding up, but not as
>bad as the 1.6l NA diesel does at that speed.  I haven't really driven much
>faster yet as I am still breaking the engine in at this point.
>
>It is nice to hear that turbo working which sounds like a hair dryer right
>now.  I need to do some sound deadening to quiet things up.
>
>So, if I hadn't had to deal with that stuck valve in the oil filter flange
>this would have not been a bad experience.  It is a pretty easy conversion
>to do and now that I have done one, I could do the next one in probably
>10-15 hours (as long as there are no gotcha from the engine builders
>side).
>
>I still haven't spoken with the conversion supplier yet about reimbursing
>me for my time.  I'll let you know how that goes (like a lead balloon most
>likely).