[Vwdiesel] TDI New Beetle No start

[Dave Cook]

I put the tools on the engine to ensure it was all lined up.

However, I can't guarantee he didn't get something off while he was putting all the stuff in place.

Is there any tricks to determine whether the pump is advanced or retarded?  

If I determined it was, say, somehow 180 out, could I remove the three bolts and just rotate the pump into the right place and reinstall the bolts?

Dave Cook


--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:

> From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI New Beetle No start
> To: LBaird119 at aol.com
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 5:31 PM
> I'm pretty sure it's not possible to
> get a useful reading from Vagcom until
> the engine is running.
> 
> If you're getting fuel at the injectors and no signs of
> combustion, the pump
> timing has got to be off.
> 
> You said the belt was "recently" replaced but didn't say if
> the car actually
> ran afterward.  Did it?  Are you sure the guy
> didn't money with anything
> that would alter the cam/crank/pump timing relationship?
> 
> What method did you use to ensure everything stayed in
> time?  Cam/pump
> locking tools, chalk marks, other?
> 
> Have you tried advancing the pump?    It doesn't
> take much movement to get
> from no-start to too-advanced.  If the pump cog is off
> by even one tooth it
> could put you into no-start territory.
> 
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 7:07 PM, <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 11/7/2009 3:15:55 PM Pacific
> Standard Time,
> > eriklane at gmail.com
> writes:
> >
> > > While definitely good advice to double check the
> timing, in my
> > > experience if it's not starting and there's no
> puffs of smoke out the
> > > tailpipe then you're not getting enough fuel..
> Though my experience is
> > > weighted more on the side of the early 80's
> diesels as far as VW
> >
> >   The TDI is definitely different from
> the indirect injected, non-
> > computerized engines.
> >  If I recall Jon Hoehl had the same problem on a
> TDI he was working
> > on.  Took a bit to get the timing right and he
> had to change the
> > "view" on the Vag com or something.
> >   Loren
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