Thread: 300Tdi Boost

15psi (or one atmosphere) approx

wind it up, let us know how long the head gasket lasts.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

15psi (or one atmosphere) approx

wind it up, let us know how long the head gasket lasts.

I don't want to do damage to the engine . Just wanting to know if you can boost it up a little without hurting anything . And how do you wind it up ?

mine is running around 16psi........my boost gauge only goes to 15psi..but the dyno guys didn't touch it and also said it was at 16psi

I'm fairly sure they run 14.27 PSI and if you increase it the life of the motor will be decreased!

I heard that the best way to get more oooph outta the 300tdi is to get the pump completely overhauled. My bro was quoted about $800, but they promised 50% + increase in power, no black smoke when putting the foot down and better fuel economy. All done and tweaked on the dyno.

Cant remember who it was, but you can google it. The place that quoted him specialise in diesel engines and tuning.

From the Rave CD
Maximum boost pressure 0,93 - 1,07 bar (13.5 - 15.5 lbf/in 2 )

Mines the same as kelvin goes to 16psi.

Originally Posted by stooge

I heard that the best way to get more oooph outta the 300tdi is to get the pump completely overhauled. My bro was quoted about $800, but they promised 50% + increase in power, no black smoke when putting the foot down and better fuel economy. All done and tweaked on the dyno.

Cant remember who it was, but you can google it. The place that quoted him specialise in diesel engines and tuning.

Thats a good price just had our injector pump rebuilt cost us $1550 plus labour but I had a few other things done as well so Iam not sure exactly what labour was.But we could not get the pump tweaked cause its under warrenty.That was also fitting a new timing belt kit that I had already.

But cannot complain they did a great job and also piece of mind knowing who done it.

Originally Posted by MacFamily

Thats a good price just had our injector pump rebuilt cost us $1550 plus labour but I had a few other things done as well so Iam not sure exactly what labour was.But we could not get the pump tweaked cause its under warrenty.That was also fitting a new timing belt kit that I had already.

But cannot complain they did a great job and also piece of mind knowing who done it.

When they rebuild the pump don't they do final adjustments on the vehicle? Or do they just pull it off the test bench and bolt it on?

I would think that rebuilding and reinstalling would require the final tweaks to be done on the cars = tweaked pump. Unless you are happy putting out heaps of smoke (oops unburnt fuel) for the sake of slightly faster spool up.