Fuel Problem in later golf diesel engine

External Since: Jan 27, 2007 Posts: 23

I have an 81 truck that has a mid eighties golf diesel engine in it.
YEsterday and today it just started cuting out on me randomly. Do you
have any ideas as to what it could be? If this helps about a month ago
I leaned out the fuel on the pump because it smoked black excessively.
When I leaned it out the smoking cut out dramatically and still ran
great. If anybody can help I really need it

External Since: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 280

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>I have an 81 truck that has a mid eighties golf diesel engine in it.
> YEsterday and today it just started cuting out on me randomly. Do you
> have any ideas as to what it could be? If this helps about a month ago
> I leaned out the fuel on the pump because it smoked black excessively.
> When I leaned it out the smoking cut out dramatically and still ran
> great. If anybody can help I really need it
> >>It sounds like you've leaned it out too much. You're not allowing enough
> >>fuel to flow above a certain rpm. Its sucking the fuel out of the pump
> >>until it cuts out. It probably wasn't smoking from the pump being too
> >>rich. Enriched it some until it stops cutting out. Me personally. I,d
> >>put it back where you started at. I tried pump adjustments long ago that
> >>never worked out. And set the pump timing advanced to the upper limit.
> >>Do a compression check . See if your injectors are working correctly. If
> >>the motors tired , let it smoke. Or rebuild it.