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Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

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Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby DOL » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:11 pm

old engine out :D before stripdown Image
TDi lump before stripdown Image
empty engine bay :D Image
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old engine after stripdown :D Image
engine during refit :D Image
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engine ready for fitting :D Image will update picks tomorrow as it is in :D it just needs wiring up and plumbing in etc etc :D :DImage
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Imageall in and running fine now :D just got a few concerns about air box as we had to modify it as best as we cud and we now that gettin the proper 1 is going to be hard :x just gotta give the engine a wash down tomorrow :D
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!

Postby Guy88 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:17 pm

and the intercooler thats in my van :wink:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!

Postby DOL » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:22 pm

Guy88 wrote:and the intercooler thats in my van :wink:

ill see u this wekend matey :wink:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!

Postby AndyG » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:32 pm

Very nice :!: 8)
And plenty of room to work with :!: :wink:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!

Postby DOL » Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:33 pm

Andyg wrote:Very nice :!: 8)
And plenty of room to work with :!: :wink:

couldnt have done it without my mate and fellow forum member NIP cheers mate :D
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby dark legend » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:46 pm

Have you used the pump from your Banana DI?

How long did the conversion take you man hours wise?

I'll be doing the same conversion in the coming months!
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby nip » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:55 pm

it took about 6 hours to pull out the old 1 swap pump with new belt alternator etc and put new 1 in then about 3 hours to alter exhaust wire up n plumbing n service pretty straight forward as this was the second to be converted he,s now got a big cheesy grin :lol: 8)
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby madmark » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:13 pm

:lol: well done mate! :wink:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby AlanN » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:20 pm

nip wrote:it took about 6 hours to pull out the old 1 swap pump with new belt alternator etc and put new 1 in then about 3 hours to alter exhaust wire up n plumbing n service pretty straight forward as this was the second to be converted he,s now got a big cheesy grin :lol: 8)

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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby Guy88 » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:42 pm

are you using the oil cooler :?:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby DOL » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:08 pm

Guy88 wrote:are you using the oil cooler :?:

only the 1 thats piped up around the oil filter :?: :?:

couldnt have been possible to do the swap without nip as i dont know much bout mechanics but hes sh*t hot :D cheers matey :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby Luke » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:22 pm

nice work guys :D awlays good to see work in progress pics 8)
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby nip » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:24 pm

i would alan n if you were closer :D
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Re: Engine swap Di to TDi!!its in and running sweet as f**k!

Postby AlanN » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:01 pm

nip wrote:i would alan n if you were closer :D

Ok OK double pie then :lol: :lol: :lol:
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