quattro Digest, Vol 42, Issue 59

[Kurt Deschler]

Ben,

After checking that you are not 180 off, I would try a timing light before 
getting any fancier. Any chance you damaged valves while the timing was 
off?

 	-Kurt


> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:48:29 -0400
> From: Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com>
> Subject: Re: Megaquirt V2.2 5 cyl configuration
> To: Ben Swann <benswann at comcast.net>
> Cc: 'Ingo Rautenberg' <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com>,	'Scott Phillips'
> 	<Scottp at ippe.com>, quattro at audifans.com
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>> Well - that is what I am trying to determine.  I have the distributor set per
>> Bentley and other publications - dead on.  But no pictures show how the wires
>> are supposed to be, that is.
>>
>> What I am not sure of is which terminal the no. 1 wire should be on.
>> Presently it is on the one that is directly over the rotor pointing to the
>> line that rotor is pointing to - hash mark on the distributor that rotor is
>> lined up with when engine is at TDC no. 1.
>
> The rotor should point to #1 when the #1 cylinder is approximately at
> TDC - piston top of cyl; both valves closed.  I know you know this, but
> it's so easy to forget basics when you're deep into something like this.
>
>> There is no question, I'm getting spark.  The question is if it is happening
>> at the right time.  It may be very retarded, as I think if it too advanced,
>> I'd be getting a back fire.
>
> And it may be off by 180 degrees, of course.  if it's within +/- 30 or
> so degrees of TDC, you'll at least get some sort of explosions.
>
> -- 
> Huw Powell
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