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First thing I noticed is the cold start device, which is actually working on the new engine. Idle speed is high and it takes about 10 minutes of driving to warm up the engine and get the idle revs down, is this normal? I would guess a minute of high idle would also be good, but it takes some time to warm up the coolant for the wax stat to return?
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Diesel idling does not heat the engine as much as petrol (gasser) idling. Even so, your waxstat capsule might be getting tired. Maybe the other one is better?
High idle speed is adjusted by moving the ball stud on the throttle arm, not by moving the cable end clamp.
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2nd, it's sweating a bit of oil at the headgasket under / near the vacuum pump and behind the injection pump. Not much but noticable, could this be problematic? Rather not pull the head..
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Somewhat common, more of a nuisance than a major problem as long as the oil and coolant are not mixing, or coolant leaking into a cylinder.
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3rd is oil pressure, takes a bit longer (5 seconds?) To build up when cold, other engine was a bit faster. Am running 5w40 fully synthetic oil specified for diesels. Before swapping the engines i pulled the pan to replace the leaking gasket & fix a stripped bolt, oil pickup screen was/is clean.
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Another somewhat common problem, mostly due to the long oil pickup tube. Could also indicate worn oil pump components. Does it happen if the car is parked facing downhill?
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During valve adjustment i threw some extra oil on the cams, overfilling the engine. Maybe am extra liter at max, should I drain or just keep some extra in there (think i read somewhere these engines can use some extra oil).
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Should be OK.
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Valve cover is leaking oil on to intake / exhaust. It did have the one piece rubber gasket but someone used quite some liquid gasket on it before, could this gasket have gone bad? Tried tightening the studs but no luck.
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VC studs have unthreaded shoulders. If these are not screwed all the way into the cylinder head, they stand out too far to allow effective sealing as the nuts cannot compress the gasket sufficiently. How old is the gasket? It may have hardened with age? Is the VC bent or deformed?
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Overall, until now a succesful engine swap  |
Good job!
