I had previously had the wires on correctly before the whole operation, I didn't really check the timing marks beforehand. I will pull the engine cover to see if the cam is aligned correctly. Can the cam and cam gear be out of alignment? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Franson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Re: OT Headgasket job prob
> on 2/23/2003 7:32 PM, John Lagnese wrote: > > > 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. > > I would double check that the engine really is at TDC for the #1 cylinder. > Confirm that both the notch on the pulley as well as the TDC mark on the > flywheel (usually indicated by a little "0". IIRC, the notches on the > pulleys line up at #4 TDC as well. If the flywheel has ever been removed > from the car and wasn't reinstalled properly, the TDC mark may not line up. > If this is an 8v engine, you'll then want to confirm that the distributor is > also at the TDC index (again, this should also be indicated by the notch on > the intermediate shaft pulley, but may not if the pulley was ever removed to > replace seals, etc.) > Then, line up the cam by using the inner mark on the front edge of the > engine, according to the manual, depending on the engine type. Oh, and make > sure the dist. cap is on properly and that the plug wires are connected in > the correct order. (1-3-4-2.) > When you tension the belt, be sure that things don't slip out of alignment. > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
