[Vwdiesel] TDI New Beetle No start

[Dave Cook]

It was the timing.  Way advanced.

I lined up the camshaft and tried to put the pin in where I thought it should go and couldn't put it in.  So I found a picture online of the pin installed (Here:  http://www.tdiclub.com/articles/pdf/a4timingbelt.pdf) and realized the pump was off quite a ways.  I think I had to move the pulley back four teeth (3 plus the one I had earlier pushed it forward).

Put it all together at that point and it fired right up.

I don't know what happened, the pin was in before (don't know if it was in the right place, but I am sure the pump never moved from where we started when the car ran).

But, anyway, it is going. Thanks for the suggestions!

Dave Cook


--- On Mon, 11/9/09, 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: Monday, November 9, 2009, 2:20 AM
>  But he's getting fuel at the
> injectors, so the ECU wouldn't be preventing
> start right?
> 
> Dave: Gotta be timing.  Again it's been a while since
> I've done it but as I
> recall the adjustment is fine enough that you might have
> skipped over the
> sweet spot if you only tried the two extremes and the
> middle of the slot.
> 
> If you cant get it on that tooth, maybe try skipping one
> the other way.
> 
> Oh yeah one thing I just remembered, are you SURE you had
> the pump pin in
> the right place?  I've heard of people getting the pin
> in the wrong spot and
> buggering the timing...  as I understand it if you
> have the it locked right
> you can't be more than a tooth off.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:52 PM, <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >  Probably not, with the TDI.  Tow starting
> is when the pump needs
> > more than you want to crank it, to prime.  If the
> timing's off enough
> > that the computer can't/won't adjust it within
> parameters, towing
> > it isn't going to change that.  Most likely if
> it's not within paramaters
> > it will try and prevent it (or prevent it completely)
> from firing.
> >  As I recall Jon used a "cloud" setting or such
> on the Vag com,
> > while he was cranking it, to get a broader view of
> what it was
> > doing, then he was finally able to bring the timing in
> where it
> > could finally fire.  He fought it for a week or
> two until he got it right,
> > I think.  It was totally timing.
> >     Loren
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