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I don't know if it really matters - but on a petrol syncro, should the rubber donut be at the front of the van or the back?
My old one was fitted to the front, and i seem to remember someone telling me it was the wrong way round for a petrol
cheers,
Rich

rear for petrol, front for diesel, don't know why

how about if you convert your petrol syncro to a diesel? what then? is it worth turning the prop around?

if you convert a petrol to a diesel you need your bumps feeling imho

Thanks Aidan!

Aidan wrote:if you convert a petrol to a diesel you need your bumps feeling imho

I think you meant to say, if you convert a petrol to diesel, well done for fitting an engine far more suitable to the Syncro

hotpod wrote:how about if you convert your petrol syncro to a diesel? what then? is it worth turning the prop around?

Would the van know if you didn't? When a tree falls in a forest ............

well the van doesnt seem to mind at all but i am sure that there must be some german logic in the difference between petrol and diesel prop shaft rubber placement.
i would love to know what it is.

i only converted my petrol van to diesel so that i could run it on vegetable oil. i know it isnt the final solution but it is a very viable stopgap when you have as many restaurants as we do around st ives.
i would do the other van too if i had the cash.
although next time i will choose an engine with a turbo and an intercooler. my doka is a bit slow.

i would love to know what it is.

Probably something as innocent as minimizing a possible source of driveline vibration? The 1.6 diesel is quite a rattler compared with its silky smooth petrol powered cousins; putting the flexible donut as far away from a source of vibration may have been considered a good thing ?

Well thats my feasible theory number 1; any more out there?

syncroand101 wrote:

Aidan wrote:if you convert a petrol to a diesel you need your bumps feeling imho

I think you meant to say, if you convert a petrol to diesel, well done for fitting an engine far more suitable to the Syncro

Yeah, what you really need in a low-geared vehicle is an engine with a limited rev range and narrow power band
I hate 4 pot diesels, they all rattle like an old taxi

silverbullet wrote: Yeah, what you really need in a low-geared vehicle is an engine with a limited rev range and narrow power band
I hate 4 pot diesels, they all rattle like an old taxi

Have you driven your van much offroad yet?

syncroand101 wrote:
Have you driven your van yet?

hehehe...

jed

Ok ok...If I hadn't wasted so much time sorting out that deal-gone-sour it would be fixed, so both it and I would have done a few muddy miles by now ...I was however very impressed by what can be achieved with a DG at syncropendence, courtesy of Si.
I still hate diesels and I found Dokas to be claustrophobic. Don't want one. There, I've said it.

silverbullet wrote:Ok ok...If I hadn't wasted so much time sorting out that deal-gone-sour it would be fixed, so both it and I would have done a few muddy miles by now ...I was however very impressed by what can be achieved with a DG at syncropendence, courtesy of Si.
I still hate diesels and I found Dokas to be claustrophobic. Don't want one. There, I've said it.

Last time you go in my DOKA then.......