Can the timing belt be off a tooth? That would explain why the spark timing is all the way to the right and why it's running rough. By the way, how's the oil pressure? Did you use the same oil pump?
On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:24 PM, damac2004 <damac2...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: thanks but this is the reason im all over the place and freaking out. i checked and marked things before i took the car apart. had this incident not happened i would have installed the cat and went to smog. i have triple checked timing which is pretty simple. all marks line up and dipstick in #1 confirms tdc. the car simply wouldnt start with rotor lined up in prep for timing light so thats why i started moving it and rotated all the way to right it starts and barely idles. i then tried other positions and car wont work it just cranks. so im grasping at sraws now. no clue if ecu or fuel system on top of airbox can be messed with. i can switch throttle body since im desperate. after that i dont know what to do except put all old stuff on and try again? i will make a video monday and try and read bently fuel section -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/af7f8f0b-a3e0-49e8-bb0a-fb9e9b506e5c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/EF0C36EB-F258-4865-A22C-092B8D130A2A%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
