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April 24th, 2013, 07:12 #1
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
Injector calibration on a pop tester
First off, this thread is NOT for bashing, not for advertising, not for flaming, its for education!
Secondly, I sold all my pop testing equipment, I'm not pop testing stuff for you guys!
This is not a guide for n00bs, seatman: feel free to watch.
If you want to talk about how x process is better than y process in an ignorant manner, goelsewhere.
Images are unedited, I'm doing this quick because I just want to put this out there without puttingmuch time into it, feel free to add constructive information
This thread is mostly about how to do 2 stage injectors.
First step - lap nozzle backs. Use a piece of flat granite and 400 grit sand paperbefore:
during:
after:
The purpose of this is to ensure the needle is exactly flush with the back of the nozzle. this isprimarily for setting the 2nd stage. You might have to lap these again if it leaks down fast above thefirst stage pressure.
It is extremely important that you don't pull the needle out, mess with it, or anything after lapping,look at all the grit in there!
Next, give them a bath in simple green/water in a HF ultrasonic cleaner:
The grit will come out, needle will fall out when you pick them up - usually, be careful. Take one outat a time, do not mix them up!!!__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 07:12 #2
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
With the needle still out(keep track!) give them a big juicy spray of brake cleaner
Next: with your harbor freight vice with soft jaws, clamp onto an injector
crack nozzle nut loose and start turning it off
hold up a sec and clean off the soot
remove nozzle, needle, and nut
put your finger just above the hat and give them a high pressure squirt of brake cleaner to clean offany soot
__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 07:12 #3
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
Race 520
Clean your nuts
Install nuts, turn it down until you feel it contact, add 30 degrees rotation(lots of other specs are outthere, this is what I use)
Connect to pop tester
With the gauge shut off - knob turned all the way in, chatter test, crank the crap out of it. This doesa few things - it seats all the components, and it tests to make sure it pops correctly - you'll hear it.Open air spray test afterwords, I didn't take a pic of that
Loosen knob, check pilot pressure. its a procedure to get it cranked up exactly to the pop and let itfly. I turn the shut-off knob to do it accurately
see videohttp://vimeo.com/64677326This shows it popping at 190bar, you can also see leakdown, this is very good, Bosio R520 nozzlesare some of the better ones I've seen for leakdown other than Bosch.
This one is low. I set the pilots on R520 between 230-240bar__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 07:12 #4
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
Pull it apart, lay components out on a clean surface
you can see the main pressure shim
dump out the guts, keep track!
Special tool: paperclip with special bends
remove pilot shim:
measure pilot shim:
Generally, every .001" is approx 5 bar, I needed to go from 210bar to 240bar.
Box of shims, lots to choose from:
re-assemble, test see videohttp://vimeo.com/64677328__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 07:13 #5
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
here is a #3 injector, be careful not to damage the needle lift sensor!
On to the main stage, this is easy.
Standard hat:
lock-out hat:
Its extremely important the lock-out is made to exacting dimensions, I'm talking tenths.
Remember when I said it might need to be lapped again?http://vimeo.com/64677330
Main pressures are almost always high, look at how high this one goes from a simple nozzle swapand pilot pressure increase(yes, pilot pressure adds onto the main)http://vimeo.com/64677329__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 07:16 #6
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MN
Changing the flow on a nozzle is easy, but you must have digital equipment as far as I know,popping into a beaker probably won't work.
To reduce flow, remove material from the back of the nozzle, not the needle, leave the needle sit afew tenths up, to increase flow, remove from the back of the needle. Its impossible to pop test the2nd stage once you've done this.__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!
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April 24th, 2013, 07:18 #7
davebugsVendor Join Date: Sep 2003Location: Pittsburgh suburbTDI(s): 2001 Golf TDIAutomatic, MKIV rear axlebushing install toolsFuel Economy: 40
I NEVER plan on doing this - or obtaining the equipment to.
But thanks for the writeup.
Certainly helps a fella understand whats involved.
April 24th, 2013, 07:39 #8
LNXGUYVeteran Member
Join Date: Jan 2004Location: Barrie, Ont, CanadaTDI(s): '05 Jetta TDI Wagon
Great write up!__________________Bill---------------------
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April 24th, 2013, 07:41 #9
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April 24th, 2013,07:45
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AARodriguezCorp.Vendorw/Business number
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I think this thread deserves a "sticky"
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April 24th, 2013, 07:56 #11
Chris TobinVeteran Member
Join Date: Apr 2011Location: TennesseeTDI(s): '06 Jetta TDI
Hand lapping on the granite seems a little risky to me... If you are removing any material, wouldn'tyou run the risk of inducing an angle to it, as it would be difficult to hand hold it at exactly90-degrees...
Do the shops that offer balancing/pop testing do this by hand or use machines/jigs to do it?
Just wondering, not trying to question the methods or anything...__________________
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April 24th, 2013, 08:09 #12
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
Not sure Chris, hand lapping takes off .001" at most, most have only needed tenths lapped.__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
April 24th, 2013, 08:20 #13
Chris TobinVeteran Member
Join Date: Apr 2011Location: TennesseeTDI(s): '06 Jetta TDI
Ya, I guess with 400 you can't take too much off... I would still be concerned with getting pieces outof square with each other though... I'm curious what shops that offer this service do? Do they havea jig or machine to do it, or are they doing it by hand too???__________________
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April 24th, 2013, 08:36 #14
FlyTDI GuyVeteran Member
Join Date: Nov 2001Location: PNWTDI(s): '01 Jetta GLSFuel Economy: 56.5/44/41
It is tough to get something perfectly flat by hand. If you use straight strokes, you'll take more fromthe leading edge. Small circular motions tends to work the outer edges more than the center. If Iget one that is stubborn and leaks, first step is re-clean, then I tighten more (reasonably so), thenas a last measure swap into another body. If none of those work, it's time to send it back foranother. Usually it's a clean issue and solved by one of the first three methods. Without propermilling equipment, trying to flatten by hand is a risky crap shoot and very technique dependent.They should already be flat well beyond hand methods from the factory. JMHO...__________________
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April 24th, 2013, 08:52 #15
JFettigVendor
Join Date: Aug 2010Location: Forest Lake, MNTDI(s): B5 PassatFuel Economy: 42 MPG
One shop I talked to uses the same technique I use.
For the first set I jigged them up on a surface grinder - way too much work!__________________Malone Tuning Dealer Tuning 1996 to present, including Common Rail and DSG!1998 B5 Passat TDI 234hp/373ft-lbs2009 JSW Stage 3 196whp so far ECU SocketingDIY injector calibration http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=383324
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