[Vwdiesel] timing advance

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/6/2006 8:30:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
marvinjansen50 at gmail.com writes:

> I
> read that .034 is for good mileage and .039 for power and AC (I have
> AC).  I checked mileage and got 32.5 all short trip, not bad, I got 35
> around town before I changed the head gasket last week.  I can check
> it soon when it is cool but thot I'd ask someone who might have
> checked how much the advance is.
> 

  Seems like it's somewhere around .3mm.  I know I've checked but 
never remember it since it's technically an irrelevant number.  Just 
set up, check it, note what you have @tdc, push in the knob and 
you have the difference.  Now make sure the lever on the back of 
the pump is fully seated on the stop and rotate the pump for the 
proper spec.  :-)
  I've not played with pump timing much but the little I have was 
with a yellow dot (107 A) pump.  The dealer set them at 1.05mm 
which worked fine in the 55mph days.  After that was lifted I tried 
the Bentley's 1.15mm setting.  I didn't notice any change in power 
or mileage but it did seem like I had shifted the torque curve upward 
a couple hundred rpm, which was noticeably nicer with the higher 
highway speeds.
     Loren