im afraid to run this car for long but what would be better, a video from the engine bay or tailpipe?
i didn't change the plug order, etc. when doing all this work, just popped the distributor off and layed it in engine bay with battery out. the cam i took off the car did have the cam gear tooth broken but it didn't move based on how the keyway lined up, is that surprising? i bought another cam pulley off a vortex member and he sold it to me the exact same way and told me every one he has taken off came the same way? i thought that was nuts but have seen through forums searching it has happened to others. i got a new cam pulley while doing all this work and its still fine. and i have to assume the crank is fine as well since it was good running and all the marks are lining up correctly still. On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 5:56:38 PM UTC-8, chadrebuck wrote: > > Also check that the cam sprocket is located in the right place on the cam. > If the tooth broke off of the cam gear then it could rotate causing the > timing to be incorrect. Did you mention that the cam sprocket had a broken > locating tooth? > On Feb 29, 2016 7:47 PM, "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Changing the cams out will be a waste of time. What did you do to verify >> the spark plug wire order? Can you take a video of how the car is running? >> On Feb 29, 2016 7:39 PM, "damac2004" <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> i put the techtronics chip back in and put the older throttle body back >>> in with no changes in how the car is acting. i also checked grounds and >>> ran some extras to the bundle on head, etc. just in case. >>> >>> my issues make for a useless car, no way it could be driven. so my >>> problems seem way beyond the little tuning people do to get their cars >>> running right. this car ran and drove when i got it with very old and worn >>> injector seals and numerous vacuum lines with holes in it. it ran its best >>> when hot and on the throttle never gave out on me or died. although it had >>> goofy issues with starting consistently and idling a little >>> high/rough/inconsistent at times. >>> >>> and i see people mention 02 sensors and cts making for a rough running >>> car possibly but again this is way worse than that. >>> >>> i'm stuck so tomorrow i am going to put the old cams, etc. back on and >>> cross my fingers. >>> >>> On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 8:41:59 PM UTC-8, hollandphillips >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Since the Mk 2 cars were all pre OBD, they had only one O2 sensor which >>>> was mounted before the cat. So the ECU never knew if the cat even existed >>>> or was functioning properly. Now that I think about it, if the O2 sensor >>>> has no output, or was not connected, the ECU will go into "safe mode", >>>> which is full rich. Hence your poor fuel mileage. I also recalled that the >>>> O2 sensor on the Motronic cars is a three wire type, which means it has a >>>> heater, so its output will become valid more quickly in order to reduce >>>> emissions. All this is bringing back memories of all the 16V trivia I >>>> acquired over the years. 😐 >>>> >>>> ~Holland >>>> On Feb 27, 2016 20:00, "damac2004" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> i could test compression but it it did drive fine before i tore it all >>>>> apart, after this incident. >>>>> >>>>> this car had no cat so 02 sensor was laying underneath airbox this >>>>> whole time :). >>>>> >>>>> i thought the car stunk and i got bad mileage but this car was fun to >>>>> drive. i was beating on itand it pulled when i stomped on it all the time >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> 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/c9b6bb5d-ae7b-4c28-8f59-aa4b98cee00c%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 [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> 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/9d2a77d7-7104-4d51-81cf-8cf518a97e98%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/9d2a77d7-7104-4d51-81cf-8cf518a97e98%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> 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. 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