timing mark on cover

[Nicholas Lawrence]

I have the same condition on my 1990 200 TQA
-----Original Message-----
From: kbogach <kbogach at home.com>
To: quattro at audifans.com <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: timing mark on cover


>I did a pencil test recommended by Huw Powell and confirmed that first
>cylinder in TDC. So, I did not do anything wrong. But crank pulley mark
does
>not point to the mark on the cover or  boss on oil pump. Did anybody
noticed
>such thing on their cars?  Can it be that the car has non stock cam shaft?
>
>Konstantin Bogach
>200tq '89
>200tqw '89
>
>
>> Hi listers.
>>
>> I found that in TDC the crank pulley mark does not match the mark on belt
>> lower cover. Position of the crank pulley mark is  mirrored relative to
>> vertical line through shaft: if mark on the cover is on 2 o'clock then
>mark
>> on crank pulley is on 10 o'clock. The car is 200tqw '89 MC2.  On my other
>> car (200tq '89 MC1)  these two marks match in TDC.  Bentley does not
refer
>> to the mark on the cover.   Shall I ignore it? How to explain it?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Konstantin Bogach.
>>
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