Well, I didn’t really plan on getting two alternate fuel vehicles within a month, but life is fun
ny sometimes. Yes, after way too many months in the shop, the 2001 Golf TDI SVO vehicle is up and running. It has become clear to me now that this car was on it’s last legs when I purchased it back in March. Not only was the engine a 10 mile drive away from blown and injectors hosed, it turns out the turbocharger was destroyed. On a test drive of the final install the turbo gave way and shredded itself :-/. So, tack $300 onto the bill for a new (used) turbo and we are done; hopefully this used one lasts for a while, new ones are expensive!
While the car is up and running right now it’s only running on normal petro-diesel to break in the engine and work out any kinks. I spent the weekend cleaning up the car (it was covered in dirt and crap, but I have to say is in damn good shape) and going over the Greasecar SVO system. I shouldn’t be suprised, but the SVO install that was done to the car is absolutely horrid. There are ground wires everywhere, building wire nuts joining wires, solid guage wire crimped to blade connectors, overheated barrel joints, and fuel lines looped everywhere. Being an engineer I always look at things and try and figure out a better way, this is no exception. Since I now have first hand experience with what a so-so SVO system can do to a car, over the next few weeks I am going to hook up the ideal SVO system. Of course I will post my findings here for all to read.
That’s about it, check back soon for some video of the car in action and any updates on the modified Greasecar SVO system.