90 20v q dizzy replacement

[iain.atkinson at tesco.net]

Hmmm

well this isn't going to help by marking the positions as i am putting a new one, all i can do is get a good reference point with the tip of the rotor and then if it won't start give it the old dizzy swing until it fires, yah right. audi's dontcha just love em.

iain
> 
> From: "Mark McCandless" <Mark at cr-x.org>
> Date: 2004/05/14 Fri PM 06:19:02 GMT
> To: <iain.atkinson at tesco.net>
> Subject: RE: 90 20v q dizzy replacement
> 
> Iain,
> 
> Having taken mine out before I can only give one piece of advice, make the
> position of the dist and rotor in Numerous locations.
> 
> I put a nick on the outside of the distributor with a screw driver. After I
> cleaned it all and re-fitted, I lined up the rotor with the mark on the
> distributor ok, BUT what f*@king position was the distributor in. Ooops :-)
> 2 hours later finding TDC and thinking about it i had it sorted with a lot
> of messing about. So mark the position of the rotor permanently, and ALSO
> mark the position of the distrib in relation to the engine. The second part
> I didn't do (I know brain fade)
> 
> Once the timing is in the right area the ECU can sort out the rest so they
> say, i.e. no need for timing light. Having said that I'm not 100% convinced
> as there is a great deal of adjustment within the "starting" area. In the
> end I marked the TDC mark on the crank pulley and used a timing light to
> check it, I cant remember the stock timing at idle but it looked about right
> to me and was quite clearly advancing and retarding the timing are I opened
> the throttle. There is an audi tool that fits over the distrib to set the
> factory position, I tried to find somebody with one to take a piccy or
> measure it so I could figure it out but didn't have any joy.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Mark.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of iain.atkinson at tesco.net
> Sent: 14 May 2004 11:24
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: 90 20v q dizzy replacement
> 
> folks
> 
> i am gonna fit a new dizzy to the car this weekend, i would welcome any
> btdt, i understand that provided the dizzy is in right it should fire up ok
> without any messing with setting the timing up with a light as it's all done
> by the ecu, am i right on this ???? BTW an exhange unit from audi comes
> complete with metal gear, cap and rotor.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Iain
> 
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