Scoutkid's van is HERE!!!

[scoutkid]

SO I have been able to get a couple of good ski trips up with Vantom so far. Additionally, he is my daily driver, so we spend a lot of time getting to know each other. Things that have happened recently:

• Ordered a set of Orings for the leaky turbo pedestal, waiting for a nice day to install
• Hand calculated 14.5 MPG over the course of a few hundred miles UP into the mountains - not back down
• Decided I need to re-evaluate the interior layout and basically gut it this spring
• ordered flares from Ujoint to hopefully avoid SO much filth on the outside...
• Ordered Aluminess rear bumper from Ujoint

The bumper is the big one. While we love taking Vantom up skiing, hauling all the ski's and snowboards INSIDE makes it more difficult to walk around. I will be making a ski rack for the bumper to help with that. Additionally, we like to bike, and come bike season I will have a bike rack out back as well. Here are a few quick pics from being up in the hills.

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[hobietony]

Bastard! I've been working way too hard to get up into the hills, and I dont like being this ground down. Hopefully by the end of the month I can get to the San Juans/Silverton area. Vantom is looking good!

T

[bobDog]

Bastard! I've been working way too hard to get up into the hills, and I dont like being this ground down. Hopefully by the end of the month I can get to the San Juans/Silverton area. Vantom is looking good!

T

San Juans/Silverton area........now there's a wide spread.....so much to see there....plan on 3 months to 3 years......I spent 3 years there and never saw it all. You can catch trout right in downtown Durango no less Silverton. Awesome place....I just happen to hate snow and winter! Only place I actually wore out a set of bar chains in a month and I was in 4X all the time!

[scoutkid]

So this weekend I played 'fix the oil leak', coupled with 'please God I hope this new ICP sensor fixes my idle issue'.

So, lets begin. I have a small leak, it seems to leak from the top of the motor, running down the weep hole, down the passenger side of the block and unceremoniously to the ground.

I started with these parts (you will notice the oversized Glowplug relay - that didn't make it in...

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From the back of the motor, I popped the turbo off, here is a look at the o-rings that are directly below the turbo, they were brown (as was the o-ring between the compressor discharge and the motor intake). I will tell you why this is note worth in a moment. You can also see the small ocean of thorns you may remember me cursing early in the build...

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With the turbo off, you can also see the ICP sensor that I needed to replace (I hoped...) It is allll the way up on the drivers side head.

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And here are the o-rings under the turbo riser block. Note that they are yellow, not brown. All the orings in my new kit were brown. I checked the shaft endplay in turbo and there was NONE. It felt as tight as new. So methinks that sometime recently the turbo was rebuilt, and the orings changed between it and the riser block, but not under it. Needless to say, I left the turbo alone, but the rings under the riser were indeed bad, and probably leaking.

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Valley pan was pretty nasty...

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So I replaced the orings, and got everything put back together. Unfortunately I couldn't get to the ICP sensor from the back, nor the front. After a quick Google search, I found the quickest way to the sensor was to move the AC compressor. 3 quick bolts.

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Old rings and sensor

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Now, the leak? Still there!!! I don't know if it is just residuals or still a leak coming from somewhere. Here is a pic of the turbo out, its dirty, but I figured it was just from the oring leak on the pedestal. Ideas?

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Blowby?

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So, I still have a leak, I think. If its coming from the top end, I don't know where from. Ideas are welcome.

[scoutkid]

It was a busy weekend! I also found a CL ad for some Sportsmobile cabinets. Natually, I picked them up! Here is a base cab, I will be replacing the sliders (kinda ugly) and I have the drawers for it.

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And a wardrobe!! I will be adding shelves and converting to a pantry. I have the drawers for it, too. I could have made these, but they give me a pretty good start to the interior!

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[okiebindernut]

This probably isn't what you want to hear, but the oil leak on top of the motor is most likely one of the many fittings on the high pressure oil pump. There are at least five o-rings on the HPOP that can leak oil.

[scoutkid]

Yeah, if you read back to post #33, I replaced the 3 major offenders. I'm hoping the current 'leak' is just residuals from gunk on top of the motor.

This probably isn't what you want to hear, but the oil leak on top of the motor is most likely one of the many fittings on the high pressure oil pump. There are at least five o-rings on the HPOP that can leak oil.

[Trailshaman]

Amazing build man makes me think about going the van route deff suscribed.

[okiebindernut]

Yeah, if you read back to post #33, I replaced the 3 major offenders. I'm hoping the current 'leak' is just residuals from gunk on top of the motor.

A small fuel leak at the filter canister can start washing the gunk out and make it look like an oil leak. I know you've had issues with this, so you might just have a residual "leak".

[scoutkid]

Amazing build man makes me think about going the van route deff suscribed.

Get one!! Aside from the confined engine compartment, its nice having room to work on things!

A small fuel leak at the filter canister can start washing the gunk out and make it look like an oil leak. I know you've had issues with this, so you might just have a residual "leak".

This is what I am hoping, when I park at night, i always try and find a 'dry' patch of concrete to see if i can see a drip in the morning - parked last night and it has gone to just a few drop! Much better than a 8" or 10" circle! I'm going to give it a few more days and see if it clears up!!