King of the Rank! Skoda Octavia- Fresh from its victory at Crail!

[dieselassist]

with the timing belt you have the option of just replacing the belt, or going 'the whole hog' n fitting a full TB kit which usually includes the tensioner n a guide roller - they say on the EXPERT'EXPERT TDI'YO'FORUMS to do the full kit every 100 thousand miles...

The skoda estate I had was ex'diesel-assist old'man, then ex'diesel-assist sister, n was a bit worn out looking as her Spanish au-pair used it as her own personal rally car - anyways it originally came from UK with 61,000 miles on it - ex-fleet, anyhow, my dad n my sister got charged for 'changing the TB' - every second service, but it never got done at all 'in reality' - n one of these way a main dealers - scrawling 'TB DONE @ 105,000 miles' on the invoice was all that's done...

 

My brother n I were cleaning it up to punt on, so I did a full 'non mythical' TB change, kept the receipt/took pics of the process' etc etc to ally any 'prophesies of doom' a potential buyer might have/moan about...its not a hugely involved process - just lock the cam opposite the cam pully wheel end (theres a slot there) using a three toothed bit of 4mm plate - a grinder can be used to make the gaps, with a torch, rotate the engine via the crank pully nut to TDC through the hole in the gearbox... all simples enough; I don't  think anyone competent with the spanners can fuck it up much, unless you suffer epilepsy, and randomly have a fit while putting the new belt on, or something.... 

[320touring]

I will have a timing belt kit winging its way to me courtesy of Lacquer Peel of this here parish.

 

Amd some other stuff too:)

 

With luck should be all done and otr next week

[320touring]

Having been oot furra swatch, and it looks like the boot sticker suggests it has an ALH lump-is that a good , bad or indifferent thing?

[Lacquer Peel]

Did you get the parts? Tracking suggests a delivery was attempted.

I'm not sure what ALH means, but they made some minor changes around Y2K, it's still similar to the older TDI engines.

[Pillock]

If you bugger it completely, there's an ALH head in my garage.

[320touring]

Did you get the parts? Tracking suggests a delivery was attempted.

I'm not sure what ALH means, but they made some minor changes around Y2K, it's still similar to the older TDI engines.

Had a note to say they'd tried..

 

Burd is in the morns for when attempted retry of delivery occurs.

 

Cheers

[320touring]

If you bugger it completely, there's an ALH head in my garage.

Excellent news!

[bigfella2]

The ALH is the second strongest VE TDI engine, i have one in my Caddy van, i think the ASV is the strongest cos it has under piston oil squirters. Yes i know i need to get out more. 

[320touring]

The ALH is the second strongest VE TDI engine, i have one in my Caddy van, i think the ASV is the strongest cos it has under piston oil squirters. Yes i know i need to get out more.

Good knowledge. Sounds like it is a reasonable lump then

[dieselassist]

ALH is as they say' a good lump' - its similar to the AGR (90bhp) but the loom has the extra VNT turbo 'talk to ecu' wiring - the skoda estate myself n the bro had off dad/sister'assist was ALH n its a breeze to do the TB on these...

...as it has the VNT turbo you can fit a bigger one off a later 110's n 130's, swop intke manifolds then remap (£££€€€) if yr into all that, n colour in the D, n I on the tailgate with a marker/humbrol paint...

thers lotsa bad info on these cars tho - allegedly the ALH auto has bigger injectors n pump, but as with a lotta VAG shite product lotsa 'myth info' on whats actually in them...

[320touring]

First run from cold to the station. 10 mins in town traffic at 8am..

 

Even if it is 10%optimistic, its still nigh on 42mpg from cold with 100l of veg and 50kg of tools in the boot

 

|http://thumbsnap.com/izgMJ7By

[320touring]

ALH is as they say' a good lump' - its similar to the AGR (90bhp) but the loom has the extra VNT turbo 'talk to ecu' wiring - the skoda estate myself n the bro had off dad/sister'assist was ALH n its a breeze to do the TB on these...

...as it has the VNT turbo you can fit a bigger one off a later 110's n 130's, swop intke manifolds then remap (£££€€€) if yr into all that, n colour in the D, n I on the tailgate with a marker/humbrol paint...

thers lotsa bad info on these cars tho - allegedly the ALH auto has bigger injectors n pump, but as with a lotta VAG shite product lotsa 'myth info' on whats actually in them...

As I understand it a later PD turbo would fit too? On the ALB it looks like the 90 and 110 share a turbo,.so no point in swapping apart from to thr larger nozzles?

[Dave_Q]

If you're looking for extra performance on the cheap, remap first, can be done for v.cheap if you diy.

I have got an ebay flashing cable you can borrow for £post, did my fabia with it from 100>130 horses.

See if you can find some software called vagedcsuite, can send it to you when I get home if required.

Find an alh map and have a poke around.

Have also got some guides on what to change saved somewhere, but it's pretty much a case of find numbers, make bigger.

 

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[320touring]

If you're looking for extra performance on the cheap, remap first, can be done for v.cheap if you diy.

I have got an ebay flashing cable you can borrow for £post, did my fabia with it from 100>130 horses.

See if you can find some software called vagedcsuite, can send it to you when I get home if required.

Find an alh map and have a poke around.

Have also got some guides on what to change saved somewhere, but it's pretty much a case of find numbers, make bigger.

 

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I would be very much definately interested in this!thanks for the offer chap:)

 

Looking at the info I can find, my 90bhp has the variable turbo-its just in need of the larger nozzles off the 110 and a cheeky tune.

 

Cheers

[skattrd]

As mentioned at SF, I may have some spare 110 nozzles shortly

[320touring]

As mentioned at SF, I may have some spare 110 nozzles shortly

We should natter

[bigfella2]

You can also use larger t4 injectors instead, without changing anything else you should see 125-130bhp but with a little more smoke.

[beko1987]

Please get this running like the 335, even if only temporarily!

[320touring]

Please get this running like the 335, even if only temporarily!

Heh:)

[320touring]

Run back from station was a bit better

 

|http://thumbsnap.com/oFr6UgLo

 

But it was to and from brutha_320tourings gaff that it got into its stride (30 mile round trip)

|http://thumbsnap.com/eA5UMUsq

 

|http://thumbsnap.com/AwZjWKJS

 

 

Thats no too bad at all!

[the judge]

My last one was an alh and did 52 round the doors no matter how heavy my foot was. And genuwine 61 on a long run. Pd turbos go straight on btw,i had a bora (non pd)with a blown turbo once,and pinched the turbo off a pd i was rebuilding. Bolted straight on with fannymould. Think oil feed had different kink though.

 

Laquer peel has lots of good bits i believe and is a good guy

[the judge]

My pd turbo was a 100hp atd i think

[320touring]

My last one was an alh and did 52 round the doors no matter how heavy my foot was. And genuwine 61 on a long run. Pd turbos go straight on btw,i had a bora (non pd)with a blown turbo once,and pinched the turbo off a pd i was rebuilding. Bolted straight on with fannymould. Think oil feed had different kink though.

 

Laquer peel has lots of good bits i believe and is a good guy

All good news! Lacquer peel has posted many bits ftw:)

 

Good news re turbo too

[320touring]

This turd has a 90bhp ALH engine and is completely stock.

 

It came with 3/4 a tank of Diesel, and I have just purchased 100L of 1 micron filtered WVO as well.

Now the brakes are sorted I should be in a position to start running a full tank of diesel through to get a baseline mpg in normal use. The car has a 55l tank,and will be fully serviced prior to starting the experiment.

 

Then I will run a 20-25% (11-13.5l)wvo mix through and compare.

The next tank will be a 40-50% (22-27l) wvo mix.

Then 65-75% (35.5-41.25l)wvo mix.

Lastly i will try 85-90% (46.75-49.5l)wvo mix

 

If wvo cannot be sourced, I will substitute with fresh SVO as required.

 

I can keep a log of any running issues encountered, and mpg figures per tank, along with an understanding of external factors.

 

I will have a supply of fuel filters present to allow swapping out as the system initially gets used to the svo.

 

Dependant on my mileage I should have data complete within 3 months or so.

[320touring]

Yesterday was the start of this experiment.

 

Car had the brakes repaired and the tyres checked/properly inflated. I also checked the oil level and topped it up. A full service kit will be ordered this week.

 

To start off it was time for the baseline all derv tank:

 

I filled from just over half, and using the tank vent managed to fit in £29 @ 119.9/L (24.18l)

 

 

 

I then reset both readings on the trip computer (1&2) and took a leisurely drive home via a mix of Motorway/town and B roads..

 

Distance covered:

Average speed:

Predicted Range:

Apparent average MPG(accuracy unknown):

[skattrd]

I think I got about 7% less mpg on 100% veg (SVO), very little difference from norm at other percentages. Actually, I only usually run veg at 100% or 50%.

Be careful you do similar journeys with similar hoonage or your results will vary just with driving style/circumstances.

 

The Bora link in my sig is 65k miles of logs from me, but not very accurate with what was in the tank.

The only time I dropped below 50mpg was in winter with a broken thermostat.

 

http://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/bora/1999/skattrd/84781/fuelchart

[320touring]

Cheers Chris- will bear it in mind!

 

Passed 100miles on this tank today- figures look fairly decent. Got some good runs about the place-70%motorway, 30% town

 

Tomorrow may kill them though, as it is a cold start hop to the station..

 

Mpg average:

 

Miles:

 

Average speed:

[320touring]

passed 400 miles tonight- still showing 1/2 tank and an average of 73.6mpg.

 

hopefully this keeps up!

 

 

took it to the scotoshite meet too

[skattrd]

400 to half a tank is bloody good going, are you hypermiling or driving normally?

 

I do occasionally hoof it in mine, but usually get around 300 miles to half a tank (75 miles per 1/8th)  and have the display showing 62-64mpg. When calculated properly this comes out to around 58mpg. I reckon the display on mine (with the correct sized tyres) over-estimates mpg by 10%, if yours is the same, that makes it around 65mpg, which after 100+ tanks I have never achieved.

 

Yes I know I am sad, but I spend a lot of time behind the wheel of this thing, and playing with numbers keeps my mind active.

[Matt]

passed 400 miles tonight- still showing 1/2 tank and an average of 73.6mpg.

 

If I take my average MPG from over the last 16 months and divide it by my fuel tank size I find that my car would conk out at 300 miles. Jealous of you I am.

 

Yes I know I am sad, but I spend a lot of time behind the wheel of this thing, and playing with numbers keeps my mind active.

If you think that's sad you should see my MPG tracking spreadsheet...