[Vwdiesel] I got the Rabbit all buttoned up, and...

[James Hansen]

Yep, I second that.
Have you had the top levers off the pump? Not putting them on right can do
some odd things, but smoke AND not wanting to run isn't one that comes to
mind.  Smoke and not wanting to keep running does point to 180 off on
timing- the fuel just gets burned as it sloshes around in the cylinder,
there's not much atomization to keep the fire lit.  Check oil for dilution
as well if you've ran it much.
-james

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> On Behalf Of Erik Lane
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:17 PM
> To: Matt
> Cc: vw fans
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] I got the Rabbit all buttoned up, and...
> 
> Sounds to me like you might have the timing off by 180 degrees. I did
> that once and it took me quite a while to find it, since the pump to
> the crank was still correct, and the stupid thing still ran, but the
> pump was 180 off from the camshaft. I never thought that it would run
> when it was *that* far off.
> 
> Did the same thing, lots of smoking, didn't really want to start, and
> I could actually make it drive if I kept the idle up a bit, but there
> was no power.
> 
> So just make sure that the notch on the back of the injection pump
> gear matches up and the slot on the back of the camshaft is offset
> towards the top at TDC together. If that's already the case then back
> to the drawing board, but it really sounds like that could be it.
> 
> Erik
> 
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Matt <matt_lisa at sprynet.com> wrote:
> > it starts and dies.  The last time I ran it, it ran fine, now it
> > starts and dies.  I can't believe it.  Why can't this damn thing just
> > work?!
> >
> > So I hooked up the tachometer bits again, and they seem to work.
>  What
> > happens is the car starts and runs as long as you keep your foot on
> > the gas.  It smokes like mad for awhile, then dies.  You can
> > immediately restart, but it does the same thing, over and over.  It
> > feels like the timing is off, but I set the stupid timing the last
> > time I had it apart  Stupid car.
> >
> > After my garage filled up with smoke, I decided to call it a night
> and
> > come bellyache on the internet.  I'll recheck the stupid timing again
> > and see what it's at the next time I go out there.
> >
> > -Matt
> > http://matt_lisa.home.sprynet.com/
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