[Vwdiesel] out of time

[The President]

Is it posssible that your glowplugs aren't turning on? Mr Chasteen is the 
one to ask isn't he?
Mark


>From: "S. Shourds" <sshourds at flash.net>
>Reply-To: sshourds at flash.net
>To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: [Vwdiesel] out of time
>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:26:39 -0500
>
>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
>
>
>
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