Any one with a 1999 2.7TDi?

[Lazy-Ferret]

Just spent a very nice, if just a little cold, day with Rick in snowy Bexhill on sea. He very kindly offered to change my valve seals... Simple he said, only takes an hour....

Then the fun started... you see my 1999 T2 is not like the others... It took nearly 5 hours in the end, as he had to make up the tools we would need as he went along, owing to my rockers and the mounting points being different to the other ones he had seen. Mine rockers are made from aluminium with a hardened end fixed onto them.

Anyway, we now have the following questions...

If anyone else has a 1999, can you have a look at a few things?

Firstly, Your dip stick (the one on the car!)
Is it flat all the way along it's length, or round like a long spring with just a flat bit at the end?
Is the end of the tube the dip stick goes into, curved towards the front of the car or towards the off side wing.
On the little yellow handle, there is a number.. what is it on yours?

Next.. Your EGR valve (If you have one)..
Even if you have removed it, did your car originally come with one?

Lastly, on the inlet manifold by the short flexible bit of pipe that connects the intercooler, is there is a round vacuum valve?


I would also like to publicly thank Rick for his help, it was very much appreciated. Thanks you very much Rick :bow

 

[cncfabs]

7F404 is the number will post pics of the stick and tube in a minute

 

[cncfabs]

 

[wildbri]

my t2 1997 Has the long spring type dip stick, guide curving to the front and dos have a strange brass type valve sitting higher up from the pressure release valve all has you discribe, also I have the Hiatchi Maf and Zexal pump regards bri

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

7F404 is the number will post pics of the stick and tube in a minute

Well that is good news, at least I have the right dip stick... Thanks.

 

[R1cho]

no egr on mine dont think it ever had one and my dip stick is the same as the one cncfabs posted

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

my t2 1997 Has the long spring type dip stick, guide curving to the front and dos have a strange brass type valve sitting higher up from the pressure release valve all has you discribe, also I have the Hiatchi Maf and Zexal pump regards bri

Looks like they did some pretty major changes in 1999, i have the flat dipstick that points towards the wing, no EGR valve, and no stop vacuum valve either. I kept reading the mods to remove the EGR and vacuum valve, but could not understand why I could not see what people were talking about.. Now I know...

No idea which MAF or Pump, and hope not to need to find out...:lol

I was showing Rick today how hard my dipstick is to read, as when you pull it out, it smudges the oil, reading higher on one side than the other, no matter which way round you put it in.

 

[R1cho]

thinking about it i had same dipstick on my 98 aswell but that did have an egr