viktor weisshaeupl

When I was looking under the hood of my 1989 turbodiesel van I saw that oil
was leaking from the ventilation on top of the engine in the lid above the
valves. The rubber tube from there goes into a metal manifold(?) which is
attached to the turboloader on one end and to a plastic tube from the air
filter on the other end, that means all air taken in goes through it. I was
surprised to find out that this manifold is not sitting tight on the
turboloader but is a bit loose. There is a kind of spring mechanism keeping
it in place though. That means that dirty air can enter the engine and the
turboloader after the filter. In my Haynes manual I could not find any info
on which kind of gasket is there. Does anybody know? Any pitfalls?


Viktor Weisshäupl, Vienna, Austria

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James Sweet

"viktor weisshaeupl" <roskakori@gmx.at> wrote in message
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> When I was looking under the hood of my 1989 turbodiesel van I saw that
oil
> was leaking from the ventilation on top of the engine in the lid above the
> valves. The rubber tube from there goes into a metal manifold(?) which is
> attached to the turboloader on one end and to a plastic tube from the air
> filter on the other end, that means all air taken in goes through it. I
was
> surprised to find out that this manifold is not sitting tight on the
> turboloader but is a bit loose. There is a kind of spring mechanism
keeping
> it in place though. That means that dirty air can enter the engine and the
> turboloader after the filter. In my Haynes manual I could not find any
info
> on which kind of gasket is there. Does anybody know? Any pitfalls?
>
>
>

What's a turboloader? I'm having trouble picturing what part you're
referring to, I've only ever seen one intact 700 TD engine but I don't
recall there being anything unusual about it.

Nomen Nescio

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> What's a turboloader? I'm having trouble picturing what part you're
> referring to, I've only ever seen one intact 700 TD engine but I don't
> recall there being anything unusual about it.

I mean the air compressor driven by exhaust gases blowing air in the engine.
Sorry for my not so perfect technical English. The turbo compressor aspirates
air from the air filter box. The aspiration metal tube is connected to another
metal tube which brings air from the air filter box.

I was in a Volvo shop this afternoon and saw in the spare part program that
there is a rubber seal. I will change it, since the parts seem to be too loose,
so probably the rubber seal is broken.

Viktor


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James Sweet

>
> I mean the air compressor driven by exhaust gases blowing air in the
engine.
> Sorry for my not so perfect technical English. The turbo compressor
aspirates
> air from the air filter box. The aspiration metal tube is connected to
another
> metal tube which brings air from the air filter box.
>

Ah, turbocharger is the word you're looking for, or just turbo.

> I was in a Volvo shop this afternoon and saw in the spare part program
that
> there is a rubber seal. I will change it, since the parts seem to be too
loose,
> so probably the rubber seal is broken.
>

If you take it apart it should become apparent what the problem is, you're
probably right that the rubber seal has either fallen apart or just moved
out of place.

viktor weisshaeupl

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> If you take it apart it should become apparent what the problem is,
you're
> probably right that the rubber seal has either fallen apart or just moved
> out of place.

Today I did it. There was no more trace of a rubber seal on the
turbocharger´s metal tube.. The 15 $ Volvo seal looked just like any
ordinary rubber ring.....
Thanx for your input
Viktor