Fwd: Re: Lack of Power in the 1000-3000 RPM Range

[Ben Swann]

Well, ther may be some eaisier way, but I think you need to remove the
upper portion of the timing belt cover.  Not too difficult, but you'll need
to loosten the power steering pump and remove the belt in order to slide
the cover out.  I have tried to slip it out without removing the belt, but
invariably end up with busted knockes or sliced fingers and then resort to
doing what should have been done which is removing the belt.

Then line up the crank for TDC & confirm with piston no. 1 being at the top
of its bore.   The small dot in the back of the cam sprocket then should be
aligned with the valve cover gasket.  Refer to Bentley - if you don't have
one, get one, even if you can't get a discounted one.

Ben

[It is the 4000, with the 5 cyclinder.  Unfortunately, I didn't own the
car before the Head work, so I don't know if this is normal.  I really
need to get my hands on a manual....Is it easy to tell if the cam is off
by a notch?  Or is this a more difficult task?

Thanks,


Cade Carvell
National Business Systems, Inc.
Eagan, MN 55121
Office: 651-994-4400]

>>> Ben Swann <bswann at worldnet.att.net> 09/10/02 10:14PM >>>
Ditto on the welcome.

Now that we have determined it is a 4000 series that helps - in that it
is
not a turbocharged motor, so we are not talking about turbo lag.

Is it a quattro (5 cylinder) or 4 cylinder 4000?  The 5 cyl pulls like
a
train from the bottom to around 5500 (without high prf cam and timing
advance).  If it is a 4 cylinder engine, then I'd say th engine may be

running properly, and just the car is underpowered.

You might verify that the timing belt is not off a tooth or two.  A
retarded cam would make the car soft at low end and then have power
kick in
at higher RPMs.  Plenty of other things to look for, but since there
was
recent timing belt work, that would be suspect.

Ben