Do any of these symptoms sound familiar???

“My oil light has started to come on when my car is hot”

“The oil buzzer goes on after I’ve driven on the highway for a while… if I rev the engine the buzzer goes off”

“My oil light came on but my oil level is fine”

“My oil buzzer comes on when the engine slows to around 2000 RPM…. It’s fine at 3000 RPM or at idle.”

This How To document was designed to assist with rebuilding Diesel IDI injectors.  Like all recipies I recommend reading the instructions from start to finish before starting the project.  I  welcome your comments, so feel free to click on the comments link below if you have a comment to add or have completed this procedure and have a tip of your own to share.

    This HOW-TO describes using the factory-proscribed "dial indicator" method of setting the timing on a VW IDI diesel engine.

There are other methods... by ear, using a piezo adapter on a standard timing light, using a glow-plug sensor on a standard timing light.  The static dial indicator technique is the "official service manual" method and IMHO a good way to ensure things are set correctly *before* troubleshooting further, or before refining further with a different technique.

Like all recipes you need some specific ingredients and equipment... I recommend you read all the way thru before starting.

Your comments/suggestions are always welcomed... this is how I tend do to things but I make no claims to having a monopoly on the truth !

This HOW-TO describes one way to dramatically improve your glow-plug wiring.

This is also one way to add glowplug wiring if you are convertng a gasser chassis over to a diesel engine and want to do without the official glowplug relay and associated harness.

As always, this is just one way to do things... not necessarily the "right" way, and like most instructions I recommend reading them all they way thru before starting out.