[Vwdiesel] timing set...bogs down and stalls after a few seconds

[Michael Hitchings]

Hayden,
 
DAMN!!!!!!  That's surely it. I know for a fact the cold start lever was out at least half way. I will work on it more tomorrow night as it's 10:30 here and my nighbors may not like me working on it this late and then going for a cruise.  I will also recheck the pump timing.
 
Mikey

Hayden Chasteen <dieseltdi at earthlink.net> wrote:
Timing is probably off a tooth on the pump. I fought this problem once 
for several days before back tracking it and resetting the belt. Also, 
make sure the cold start knob is pressed all the way in!!!!! I don't 
know how many times I have frustrated myself with bad timing only to 
find that I had the cold start handle out. Boy will that thing screw 
the timing. Hayden
On Sunday, August 8, 2004, at 09:23 PM, Michael Hitchings wrote:

> I just put the finishing touches on my 1.6TD Caddy's engine work. Now 
> I'm trying to set the timing. I thought I had it, right around 1.00 - 
> 1.05, but in the test drive around the neighborhood I noticed that 
> after about 30 seconds, the engine bogs down, won't take any power 
> (stepping on the pedal does nothing) and it eventually stalls out.
>
> To get it started again, I have to have the cold start almost all the 
> way out and I have to crank it a little bit to get it going again. It 
> will start up, and repeat the same symptoms above, runs for less than 
> a minute and then stalls out, especially if I let off the pedal...for 
> instance, to stop at a stop sign??!?!?!?!?
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it so it will stay 
> running? Should I back the timing off some....and give it a little 
> more breathing room?
>
> I am trying to make it my daily driver, so I appreciate any 
> suggestions!!
>
> Thanks,
> Mikey
>
>
>
> ________________________
>
> "Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas"
> [Happiness is understanding how things work]
>
> Dr. Rudolf Diesel. In 1912, Diesel said, “The use of vegetable oils 
> for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may 
> become in course of time as important as petroleum and the coal tar 
> products of the present time.”
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
>
>
Visit my website at www.home.earthlink.net/~dieseltdi
Proud owner of:
2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 136 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque, Blue 
Graphite, Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter, propane 
injection system, 115K+ miles, and running biodiesel)
1981 Rabbit Pickup ( with a freshly rebuilt turbo engine, 7K+ on engine 
now), Will burn biodiesel and WVO.
One, yet to be finished, Caddy trailer (the back end of the truck that 
gave its life to my just completed Rabbit Pickup).
And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to 
Vans (5), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1), Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher 
(1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit Pickups (3) most now gone but not 
forgotten.




________________________

"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas"
[Happiness is understanding how things work]

Dr. Rudolf Diesel. In 1912, Diesel said, “The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of the present time.”