Welcome to CruzeTalk and congratulations.
Bought me a new Cruze Diesel
Been reading here for a bit and finally just signed up to the forum...took a few test drives and read here quite a bit..so I went out and bought myself a left over 2014 diesel...traded in a 2013 Elantra for this diesel. This Cruze diesel just feels so solid on the road compared to my 2013 Elantra and the rear suspension of the Cruze is superior to the Elantra's ...love the increased power from this diesel engine and I've already easily seen 48 mpg and as high as 51 mpg on the highway with less than 500 miles on the engine with temps in the 20's..with local driving my diesel is getting around 31 to 33 mpg but with so much more torque than other cars in this fuel mileage class...very impressed with the Cruze diesel and I'm sure quite a few buyers would be too if only they drove the car .....anyways just wanted to say thanks for the info on this forum.
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Welcome to the diesel club, the feeling only gets better the longer you have it.
Welcome!
You now own one of Chevy's better kept secrets.
Heaven forbid they advertise it.....it might sell even better and......GASP!.....might even make the corporation money.
Just a fleeting thought.
Rob
You now own one of Chevy's better kept secrets.
Heaven forbid they advertise it.....it might sell even better and......GASP!.....might even make the corporation money.
Just a fleeting thought.
Rob
Hey lady that's Diesel ! If I drove 600 plus miles a week all highway , I would own 1 !
I bought one a few weeks ago and i love it. Its fun to drive with 151 hp and then i turn it into a game to see how good of fuel mileage i can get. I can't wait for summer to see just how good it can get. Congrats on the new Diesel.
Congrats! Welcome to CT! Yeah was talking with a guy at church who just bought Diesel. It is a BMW 535d, he loves the torque. It seems lately people are discovering how nice diesels can be.
the bmw diesels are having LOTS of issues cuz of the DI....getting new engines.Congrats! Welcome to CT! Yeah was talking with a guy at church who just bought Diesel. It is a BMW 535d, he loves the torque. It seems lately people are discovering how nice diesels can be.
Welcome to the forum and congrats! I have 99K miles on my Diesel and still love every drive. Just drove through the Michigan snowstorm and it handled brilliantly. I will be posting a 100K detailed writeup within the next week or so.
Is this the case on the newer engine or the one from the 335D? I haven't been able to find anything on the revised engine (just did a quick google)the bmw diesels are having LOTS of issues cuz of the DI....getting new engines.
Welcome to a the club! Loving my CTD at 23K.
VW have known issues with the HPFP, the Chevy appears to not have this issue.One of my facebook friends who is a Jetta diesel owner warned me not to use Shell because it causes HPFP failures. Seems the VW diesels may have issues also.
Congrats on the purchase! Welcome 
The CTD drives its HPFP off the camshaft, same as V-Dub and Audi with one fatal difference.
The VW/Audi twins use a flat tappet design shoe that rides against the cam lobe to drive the pump.
The CTD uses a roller wheel that rides the cam lobes, same as the rockers.
The VW/Audi design worked OK before the Zink and Phosphorus (short words for a very long words) percentage allowed in the newest engine oils was cut to about one tenth of what it was.
Shortly thereafter, the HPFP and camshaft lobes driving the pump were grinding each other apart......the loss of the chemicals appear to have created a situation where the 'tappet' can 'shear' through the oil and metal to metal contact takes place.
Usually, at minimum, a HPFP along with a new camshaft are required......sometimes more depending on if the journals in the head show too much damage from the metal filings that made their way through.......I've seen a few.....rather evil looking.
VW/Audi have a series of photographs and line drawings that show 'allowable' damage.
These guys have a very long history of not being able to admit their design is sheit......and they refuse to embrace the roller design that works just fine for other manufacturers.
Instead, they keep blaming the oil and changing the specification required for authorized synthetics to be used.
I am not familiar with the other German designs but would not be surprised to find they are using 'tappet' type pump drives as well.
Maybe another member has more info.
Anyways, the Cruze design is the same as the Duramax.....very rare failures and never a drive side problem.....tough little engine there.
Rob
The VW/Audi twins use a flat tappet design shoe that rides against the cam lobe to drive the pump.
The CTD uses a roller wheel that rides the cam lobes, same as the rockers.
The VW/Audi design worked OK before the Zink and Phosphorus (short words for a very long words) percentage allowed in the newest engine oils was cut to about one tenth of what it was.
Shortly thereafter, the HPFP and camshaft lobes driving the pump were grinding each other apart......the loss of the chemicals appear to have created a situation where the 'tappet' can 'shear' through the oil and metal to metal contact takes place.
Usually, at minimum, a HPFP along with a new camshaft are required......sometimes more depending on if the journals in the head show too much damage from the metal filings that made their way through.......I've seen a few.....rather evil looking.
VW/Audi have a series of photographs and line drawings that show 'allowable' damage.
These guys have a very long history of not being able to admit their design is sheit......and they refuse to embrace the roller design that works just fine for other manufacturers.
Instead, they keep blaming the oil and changing the specification required for authorized synthetics to be used.
I am not familiar with the other German designs but would not be surprised to find they are using 'tappet' type pump drives as well.
Maybe another member has more info.
Anyways, the Cruze design is the same as the Duramax.....very rare failures and never a drive side problem.....tough little engine there.
Rob
I thought the HPFP was driving off of the timing belt? See pic below:The CTD drives its HPFP off the camshaft, same as V-Dub and Audi with one fatal difference.
The VW/Audi twins use a flat tappet design shoe that rides against the cam lobe to drive the pump.
The CTD uses a roller wheel that rides the cam lobes, same as the rockers.
Rob
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Yeouch......You might have something there......I am relating what was discussed with me by one of the Diesel guys unless he meant the accessory drive has the cam/roller plunger arrangement.I thought the HPFP was driving off of the timing belt? See pic below:
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CleanMPG, An authoritative source on fuel economy and hypermiling
The V-Dub stuff I covered is a fer sure though....these I've seen, touched, etcetera.
We all agree though, the Chevy setup is superior.
I do wish they had a timing chain though.....but....a belt, during its service life, does have less potental for problems such as chain tensioners and the like.
Rob
Yeah the thought of "having" to change such a part as the timing belt is a pain compared to running a timing chain and not really thinking about it unless there is an issue.
Welcome to the forum! Enjoy your CTD. It's a great car.
Enjoy your CTD. It's a great car.
Welcome
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