[Vwdiesel] out of time

[gary]

Please don't do it!

Sit back, relax and have a beer or two.

Let the rage pass, and double check all of the timings...
Camshaft with the flat bar, injection pump with the pin, crank at TDC. 
Use a pin wrench to hold the cam sprocket whilst you tighten.

One tooth is a LOT as far as timing goes.

The plastic dipstick thingy is only a couple of bucks and just snaps on.


Please don't give up!

-Gary

S. Shourds wrote:
> So I finally get the water pump in, with much trevail.  I end up having 
> to pull off most of the accessories because an all but non-existant bolt 
> (at least according to local dealer inventory) dropped from the 
> thermostat housing into the works.  I also end up breaking off the 
> surprisingly cheesy plastic dipstick tube, and probably terminally 
> ticked off the neighbors with night after night of throwing wrenches.  
> And, in a moment of fatigue-induced stupidity, I look down and realize 
> that I'm putting 33 ftlbs torque on the camshaft sprocket nut with the 
> car in gear and nothing holding the sprocket or the camshaft so that 
> it's all going agaiint the belt.  I really hope that didn't wreck the 
> belt....
> 
> Irregardless, it's back together.  Problem now is, it won't start.  Ran 
> fine before, just fills the garage with smoke now.  I think it's out of 
> time.  It did that the last time I had to pull the timing belt off, but 
> it's been a while and I tried to block out the memories.  I pulled up 
> the VAG-COM and it acted like nothing was wrong.  I'm pretty sure I have 
> the injection pump on, though it's hard to tell.  It really wants to be 
> just about a third of the timing hole off and since I don't have a 
> crankshaft lock, I can't get the cam and crank timed with the pump 
> pinned.  The question for tonight is:  if the pump timing is off by a 
> tooth, I thought that VAG-COM gave you an error like "timing outside of 
> injection start window" or some such.  Anyone remember such an event?
> 
> I am so fed up with this car.  It's 4:00 AM, I've been working on this 
> car off and on for weeks, my only other car is hanging on by a thread, 
> and I am just so tired.  If I could get it started long enough to get it 
> out of the garage, I'd burn it to the ground.  Where's a good Paris riot 
> when you need it?
> 
> -Shalyn
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
>