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• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 10:20:57 -0500
  ...Can't get the car to idle well enough to set the timing using a > timing light or the mixture using a O2 sensor...
• Re: GAS FOR TIICO...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:40:00 -0700
  ...The timing will advance to a point and then stop at a pre programmed maximum. If the engine needs 89 octane fuel and won...
• Pertronix installation report
  Historical mailing list - Stebbins
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:02:58 +0200
  ...The idea behind the unit is to eliminate the points so that points don't wear (which changes the timing) and don't have...
• Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 10 May 2017 23:02:26 -0400
  ...I checked the timing at 2000 rpm with Temp 2 sensor unplugged and didn't see any change from idle. When I revved much...
• Re: Request for .009 timing measurments
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Wed, 26 Jun 96 18:49:00 DST
  ...Request for .009 timing measurments |Date: June 26, 1996 5:37PM | | |>Does someone have the measurements [inches or cm] from 0 |>on a stock...
• Shocks, shocked!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:47:44 -0500
  ...I am going to have my mech set timing. Is there anything he needs to know? Timing spec for 81 2.0L air cooled...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 6 May 2001 20:36:59 -0500
  ...I-4 conversion timing problem > Please explain "Just make sure your knock sensor is working! ". > I've never heard of this before. > I've...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 01:34:27 EDT
  Sorry, I mis pecked! (still hunt and peck typist). I advanced the timing 4 degrees for more bottom end. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: Tiico Timing belt warning
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:14:43 -0700
  Note, our "2.0L" engines use a 1.8 belt. It may save you the extra trip to the parts counter...
• Re: '85, 1.9 timing questions (cont)
  Historical mailing list - Walter Evens
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 19:46:07 -0800
  Someone mentioned in a post earlier this week about advancing the timing 5 degrees as a way of getting a little more OOMPH out...
• Re: Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:05:43 -0700
  ...You will need to find TDC to set the timing and should have or get the small timing plate that has degree markings on...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 23:38:29 -0000
  ...The fact that the timing probably moves the right way under high cylinder pressures and rich mixtures, might mean that someone, sometime realised this...
• Re: Ping/Knock/Detonation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 20:39:17 -0600
  ...Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Jake de Villiers wrote: > You might try the total timing method Michael. > > Set the timing with an advance...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - meta/morph
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 22:48:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...about > 1/8th inch had broken off of the little cam-follower and the timing just > went to hell really quickly. replaced the points...
• Re: Timing mark
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Nov 96 20:20:05 CST
  ...it shows the engine-side mark being use for timing. >(What's the other one for?) well, if someone can translate this, we'll...
• Timing
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Jan 1995 17:15:24 -0500
  ...on the crankshaft pulley to line up with the scale for timing, etc. The front edge of the pulley is kinda rounded and I...
• FA: Diesel Timing tools on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 18:59:53 -0400
  http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=584439370 I'm selling a set of diesel timing tools that I purchased...
• MAX spark adv. for 2.1 L engine
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 05:19:09 -0700
  ...Just for the record, I am NOT interested is what the idle timing mark should be (5 or 7 degrees BTDC) but rather when...
• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:01:47 -0700
  ...There should NOT be any vacuum at this port at idle - the timing is supposed to be retarded at idle, remember, not advanced. If...
• Correct timing for a '72 bus
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:35:43 -0700
  ...Do any of you know the correct (or even a better) timing setting for my configuration? The one for the vacuum advance distributor doesn...
• Parting out '92 Passat 2.0l 16 valve 100k miles.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 14:55:57 EST
  I have posted this before but my parting out of this vehicle has been accelerated by my brother breaking the timing belt in his...
• Re: Turbo Vanagon - Audi 5000 CS Turbo Engine, OFF LIST INFO PLEASE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:41:51 -0800
  David Marshall wrote (text deleted): > > ...the 2.2L "MC" motor has an external timing sensor that uses the > Audi flywheel's timing marks for...
• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:40:14 -0600
  ...Can't get the car to idle well enough to set the timing using a >timing light or the mixture using a O2 sensor...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:12:42 EDT
  ...The idle will jump around a bit, but the timing will >be steady. This is part of the procedure for adjusting timing. > >Once connected...
• '86 GL tuning advise
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Wed, 24 Sep 1997 10:30:15 -0600
  ...I found it difficult though to determine the degree of timing advance using the methods described in my VW mech's manual and here...
• Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:37:43 +0000
  ...but i don't see much on our distributors that > allows such timing controls. must be in the control box. > > hope it works! :)
• Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:23:21 -0500
  ...You can drive around and watch the timing light flash > in your rear view mirror. If it stops flashing, you've lost your > spark...
• Re: Timing light connections
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:54:23 -0600
  ...let me know where to get the 12V connection for >a timing light in the engine compartment. My instincts >tell me it should be...
• Need ignition timing tips
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:03:45 -0500
  ...I need to adjust the timing before the journey but I have never done it before. Did it on my old beetles and aircooled...
• Re: 2.1 in my '84 with digijet
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 May 2007 21:39:15 -0700
  ...Do I just pretend that it is a > > 1.9 and set the timing at 5 degrees ATDC, or do I set the timing...
• Centrifugal Advance problems
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:14:24 -0700
  ...I verified this by shinning the timing light with the vacuum line to the distributor removed. When I rev the engine, the timing mark...
• Distabator wobble
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 14:59:07 -0600
  When I am trying to set my timing, it varies a few degrees justidiling., I am assuming that htis is bad. What is going...
• Found answer to timing mark questions
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 17 May 2004 20:23:17 EDT
  After re-reading a post from Mark Keller, he states that the v-notch is actually 5 deg BTDC. Thanks, Ed
• tom forhan's christmas bash?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:10:10 -0500
  Just curious timing etc, since I hadn't seen any posts roll by about it. any info would be good. :) thanks sudhir
• Re: different distributors for the 1.9 ??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 00:05:59 -0400
  The "D" is fine, believe me, 5000km later... Some slight timing adjustment may be needed. Ben http://www.benplace.com/
• Re: 82 Diesel Timing Belt
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 29 Jan 2014 04:47:22 -0600
  I believe my original pressure plate has 1 timing tab and my new one has 2 tabs and one notch. Velma 82 1.9L...
• Re: anyone with a 1.9L wbx advanced the timing???? as a performance mod?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:23:42 -0600
  ...anyone with a 1.9L wbx advanced the timing???? as a performance mod? About a year ago, I measured carefully and added a notch...
• Re: He's Alive, He's Alive, HE'S ALIVE!
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:05:00 -0700
  ...What's the best way to set the timing > (I even went out and bought a timing light!). > > When ole Billy started up, well...
• Re: Overheating and MPG?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:39:01, -0500
  ...Your milage sounds low- we get about 20 on open roads-is your compression ok (over 100)? I'd check dwell (points), then timing...
• Wrong timing?
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Fri, 25 May 2001 09:53:17 -0500
  ...Will you please tell me where to look or what to do? I have the timing set at 10 degrees aprox. Many thanks in...
• stalling at stop lights.
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:31:29 -0400
  ...A guy i know that use to build and race modifieds told me to check the timing becuase sometimes shops will adjust the timing...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 19:16:10 -0400
  ...You or any one talking about timing belt changes, >>>arguing with someone that it is a timing chain in vanagon engine. >>> If you insist...
• Re: Surging Idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:34:43 -0400
  ...By-pass the idle stabilizer and set your idle speed and check your timing. The surging is due to the idle stabilzer working too...
• Re: He's Alive, He's Alive, HE'S ALIVE!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 17:52:47 -0800
  ...What's the best way to set the timing > (I even went out and bought a timing light!). > > When ole Billy started up, well...
• Re: Question about HAMMERING, new 1.9l NA motor, today
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:29:30 -0700
  ...Does this mean the timing is to early...........>?? We could not insert the timing pin and get the motor to TDC when installing the...
• Re: Fiat (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:35:08 -0700
  ...it's not the first production car with a timing belt ( Jensen Healy might be ........an unusual British sports car ....I even have a...
• Too much timing advance
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 23:12:33 -0400
  ...I found the timing advancing off the scale! The timing measured 7 degrees BTDC at 820rpm idle, but rose to 40 degrees BTDC at...
• Re: The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:06:21 -0400
  ...The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon > > You are wrong on this one. The stabilizer is your friend. If you do not > have it in...
• timing scale
  Historical mailing list - Jed Thompson
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 01:00:45 -0400
  Thanks for the input guys I got the answer I was looking for... BTW it's a newly aquired 80 Westy Jed Thompson sk8487...
• Re: Why I hate my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vana-gogh
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 01:38:47 -0400
  How do you change the timing belts on vanaru's? Are the kits still starting at $700 or have they come down?
• Re: Paging VW Van Full Timers
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 10:37:12 -0600
  Sounds good except, uhhh, what is "Full timing"? Is it like, an ignition problem? -- Rachel http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/Vanagon.html
• Re: [SPAM] Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:19:22 -0500
  I know the camshaft timing is correct, I took it apart 4 times to check it before finally bolting it up. Lyle
• Re: timing tyro
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:40:14 -0800
  ...timing tyro > > > Dear Friends, > > Well, my first attempt at timing has been, so far, a complete bust. Any > hand holding or concrete suggestions would...
• '83-'85 hunting idle
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Tue, 4 Feb 97 08:56:48 -0600
  ...when *mismatched* the electronic portion changes the timing to lower or raise the idle... but it can overshoot and thus tries to correct itself...
• Re: NVC: Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:42:59 -0700
  ...engine wherein a loss of timing between the crankshaft and valve train (such as would occur if a timing belt slipped or broke) would...
• Re: Losing Power
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 13:10:06 PST
  ...If possible, timing and advance should be checked. If it idles Ok initial timing is probably OK but a problem in timing advance could...
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:05:38 -0800
  ...I discovered the work-around of >activating WOT (wide open throttle) to get it started. >My theory was the timing advance mechanism in the...
• My day yesterday
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Jan 95 9:15:17 MST
  ...At lunch I got out the VOM and did the quick and dirty timing thing, and found the timing way advanced. Put it back...
• Re: Fast Idle Problem & Timing Advance
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO-MS)
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 16:43:17 -0400
  ...I'm anxious to see how it is now with the new Temp II sensor, idle control valve and timing change. Here's a...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...3.) Using a timing light, check where the timing sits at this idle speed. 4.) Rev the engine up to about 3,000 rpm...