D24TIC Clutch probs very steep hills due to lack of compression?

[craig8661]

ah you have the m42 overdrive gear box thats what i converted mine to before the spigot bearing siezed
you will find that engine slightly slugish on that box is it intercooled or stright turbo
i found the one with no intercooler what i took the m42 to be very very fast and sharp but when i put the box on mine it made it slightly slugish but when in overdrive it picked up like mad
also if it is still good pushed to the limit you should be looking at least 110mph out of it mine would sit at 115mph no problems

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by craig8661

ah you have the m42 overdrive gear box thats what i converted mine to before the spigot bearing siezed
you will find that engine slightly slugish on that box is it intercooled or stright turbo
i found the one with no intercooler what i took the m42 to be very very fast and sharp but when i put the box on mine it made it slightly slugish but when in overdrive it picked up like mad
also if it is still good pushed to the limit you should be looking at least 110mph out of it mine would sit at 115mph no problems

Hi, it's intercooled (d24tic), not a straight D24T. I haven't pushed this at top end for two reasons, firstly because I know the engine is worn and trying to make it last at the moment. Also, I know I will be dissapointed top end, havng read the specs on this vehicle, bhp, etc.. before I went back to Volvos I had a vehicle that would do nearly 140, had acceleration second to none, and I view the Volvo as a functional rather than performance vehicle and I've gone from racing around all over the place in a speed machine to nursing around a heavyweight slug, lol... After a short motorway run which had some quite steep inclines yesterday where I did max 80 when overtaking I did notice that she was chucking out white smoke for a while afterwards when idling but this could have been steam as opposed to smoke. Have to say I spend a lot of time looking in my slightly lowered wing mirror at when it is smoking, find it quite embarassing to be honest. I've learned not to start up when pedestrians are behind and not to park near the bench at Tescos where people eat their lunch, lol.. I think the fact that it smokes after high revs in low gears indicates its wornness? The gearbox is lovely but I have thought I would prefer one with a traditional fifth. The guy I bought it off of told me you don't have to use the clutch, just the button, when changing up into overdrive but when I did this there was quite a thud as it went in so I always use the clutch to engage the overdrive now. I may be doing a long motorway drive today but I do think I'd be silly to thrash this engine in it's condition but maybe I'll be tempted to see how it performs when fully warmed up

[tfb]

The smoke is part of the charm!, great when you are being tail-gated, drop it out of overdive and floor it!, watch them disappear in a cloud of black smoke

Mine's not too bad on startup or idle, just when you boot it.

There are several forums that detail tuning the VW 4-cyl diesels and one site that gives info for tuning the Bosch VE pump on a pug. Most of the points would also be valid for a D24T/TIC

http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/foru...3/m/1931086722

Regards
TFB

[Laney760]

Originally Posted by tfb

The smoke is part of the charm!, great when you are being tail-gated, drop it out of overdive and floor it!, watch them disappear in a cloud of black smoke

Mine's not too bad on startup or idle, just when you boot it.

There are several forums that detail tuning the VW 4-cyl diesels and one site that gives info for tuning the Bosch VE pump on a pug. Most of the points would also be valid for a D24T/TIC

http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/foru...3/m/1931086722

Regards
TFB

Thats funny, hate tail-gaiters, will have to give that a go. However it will have to be on the flat, if on an incline I'd floor it, make a smoke cloud, go nowhere and they'd probably run into the back of me, lol.. When I first bought it, less than 2 months ago, and floored it the smoke was white but now it's black and it only started happening after the diesel specialists were revving the backside off of it when testing it. It sounded so painful I had to leave the waiting room and take a walk. I wonder how many of these mechanics, etc.. would do the same with their own vehicles? I did read on a site somewhere that the noise and smoke from these engines is all part of the fun, perhaps that was your posting, lol?

[craig8661]

thing is mine used to only smoke on startup but never when booted or running warm so i would say something not right lol