More strangeness, the car only runs poorly with the plug wires reversed. I even took the timing belt covers back off only to find everything is fine. All marks line up nicely. The rotor is in the #1 position. Not even a peep with the wires on correctly. Cluelessly yours, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lagnese" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:23 PM Subject: OT Headgasket job prob
> Hi, > Working on my daily driver, a 91 Jetta GL 1.8L. Changed the headgasket and > no fire now, I'm getting compression, gas and spark. I even used some ether > and not so much as a catch. I also reste the timing belt several times. I > was using the outside mark on the timing belt cover. The timing mark at the > flywheel is lining up then also. It seems to be all hooked up. Any ideas? > Thanks, > John > > > _______________________________________________ > Scirocco-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
