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Re: Fantasy T3 syncro TDI install?

Posted: 02 Apr 2013, 19:09
by lloydy
Thanks! :oops: do need to tidy up that catch can pipework tho'

Re: Fantasy T3 syncro TDI install?

Posted: 02 Apr 2013, 23:14
by max and caddy
wozza825y wrote:i have a mk3 golf with 1z engine only problem, weak part is the crank bolt which has come loose twice on mine, the second time it sheared and it was a new bolt and pulley. One secondhand engine later everything seems fine but i know of other 1z with same fault occurring, so maybe get the crank pulley dowel pinned to stop this happening.

This is twoddle...those bolts are not an issue unless they weren't tighten up properly to start with...and doweling the crank is bodgery.

Re: Fantasy T3 syncro TDI install?

Posted: 03 Apr 2013, 11:35
by Simon Baxter
max and caddy wrote:
wozza825y wrote:i have a mk3 golf with 1z engine only problem, weak part is the crank bolt which has come loose twice on mine, the second time it sheared and it was a new bolt and pulley. One secondhand engine later everything seems fine but i know of other 1z with same fault occurring, so maybe get the crank pulley dowel pinned to stop this happening.

This is twoddle...those bolts are not an issue unless they weren't tighten up properly to start with...and doweling the crank is bodgery.

AAZ maybe, not TDI.
Unless TDI has been retro-bodged with a AAZ crank, but then it wouldn't have the trigger ring for the engine speed sensor.