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• Re: Failed Emissions Check
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:19:59 -0700
  ...The smog guys are supposed to check ignition timing, so you can't set it too retarded, but usually if it's only a...
• what is the ignition timing procedure for 83 1/2 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Chuck
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 13:03:27 -0400
  ...My timing tools are a strobe with advance dial and a dwell meter. Greg Clever. [text/html]
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  ...This is your static timing. If this is the case, you then only need to rotate the distributor and use a timing light to...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:55:32 -0600
  ...ignition this way was on airplanes that had magnetos - not distributors - and they have an internal spring loaded mechanism to retard the timing for...
• 86 ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:49:04 -0500
  ---------- Sorry for the such basic questions,however after reading several posts in the archive and putting a timing light on my van I am...
• Re: Thanks guys, Now how do you set Idle Speed and Timing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:00:54 -0500
  ...Then set idle to around 900, keep on adjusting idle to ballpark while you set timing -- when timing is correct set the idle to...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Apr 2001 - Special issue (#2001-478)
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 18:10:20 -0600
  Blake, The distributor is setup for basic timing and then there are secondary systems to adjust the timing based on other conditions. In the...
• Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:41:36 -0500
  ...I don't know if this is my timing light or the ignition. I did notice it seemed to miss once in a while...
• Re: SyncroBeast - update, still not starting
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 09:41:27 EST
  ...Exhaust Start with a compression test and timing check. If this is OK move on to ignition. I would pull one of the plugs...
• ATTN: 80-83 Owners
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:48:37 EDT
  ...Namely, timing, points or electronic ignition, etc etc. Paul
• Re: What's a Hall sender do?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:54:08 -0400
  ...ignition module on the firewall which generates the ignition primary pulse that drives the coil. The distributor output also feeds rpm and rough timing...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:52:59 -0500
  ...The Digifant takes care of ignition timing directly while the Digijet still uses a mechanical/vacuum advance/retard system. Digifant idle stabilizing is by...
• Digijet ignition clarification Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:41:11 -0800
  ...using the 1.9 ignition system which means it has a vacuum advance. I wished to readjust the timing due to the high idle...
• Electronic Ignition Questions
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 8 May 2002 16:10:05 -0500
  ...computerized ignition system that recognizes pinging and adjusts the timing (when the coil is fired). I have heard about using '79+ electronic ignitions - but...
• The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1. It is a separate controller located in front of the passenger side tail light. It can be easily integrated into a 1.9 to eliminate that almost useless advance the ignition timing before it stalls stabilizer and the auxiliary air regulator along with those AC and PS idle booster solenoid valves. Dennis
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Fri, 7 May 2010 10:57:13 -0400
  ...It can be easily integrated into a 1.9 to eliminate that almost useless advance the ignition timing before it stalls stabilizer and the...
• Re: 84 NA Diesel - loss of 'performance'
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:13:37 +0100
  ...With a diesel, it is rather early or late ignition timing, than rich mixture. The air is constant on a diesel, the fuel is...
• Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 12 May 1999 19:03:37 -0600
  ...In simple terms, Motronic is an engine-management system with a single control unit for control of ignition timing as well as fuel injection."
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - meta/morph
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 22:48:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...timing-maybe the distributor collar loosened up [stuff deleted] > >contact, but I've never traced it to a specific wire. > > it could be the...
• Re: Hot engine
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:53:23 -0500
  ...Assuming your cooling flaps are fully > open when the engine is warmed up, you might verify that your ignition > timing is correct. If not...
• Re: digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 17:29:05 -0500
  ...Digijet timing > HI all, On the question of ignition timing I would urge you to use > caution when advancing the timing past specs. > When...
• Re: timing method - Is this correct ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:38:39 -0700
  Setting the ignition timing to TDC is close enough to start. You sure you have the wires hooked up correctly? --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon...
• Still Sluggish Update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 05:18:49 -0700
  ...The ignition coil wire had fused to the connector in the top of the ignition coil, but I replaced it with an aftermarket one...
• Re: Ignition timing adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Krug
  Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:10:08 -0800
  How do you like your '84? It sounds like you are having some problems. I just got my first van today!!! an '84 Westfalia...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:19:24 -0500
  ...Bosch 0 237 022 054 >>>> ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) >>>> ignition advance checks: 0 - 2 @ 1050 RPM w...
• Update
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:48:13 +0100
  ...Now I have included ignition timing specs, valve specs, compression pressure specs, and spark plug specs. The URL is http://members.tripod.com/perlindgren...
• Re: Definitive test for Hall > ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:17:00 -0700
  ...The first thing I'd check is the ignition timing. Free, too. > > Start by setting the timing, with the idle stabilizer bypassed, to 10...
• Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 28 May 2011 23:10:30 -0400
  ...ECU has nothing to do with ignition in the 1.9l. As you say, it's between the distributor (which generates the timing signal...
• Valve Adjustment-Help!
  Historical mailing list - PhamA
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 08:55:02 -0700
  ...to align the timing mark with cyl #1 and then slowly rotated the distributor until hearing a click. The Digijet ignition doesn't have...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:17:55 -0800
  ...ignition this way was on airplanes that had > magnetos - not distributors - and they have an internal spring loaded > mechanism to retard the timing for...
• Timing light power source - confirmation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:54:09 -0800
  ...So my good old timing light that worked beautifully on my Ford seems to have the distinct drawback that it doesn't have *12...
• Re: Timing mark
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 10:48:34 +0200
  ...light of the stroboscope light. ?? > >joel If the ignition is on right timing, then the ignition mark (2) printed on the front half of...
• Re: 009 parts question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 25 May 2003 04:25:21 -0700
  ...What I can highly recommend is the Pertronix pointLESS ignition ( http://www.pertronix.com/ignition/ignitor/index.htm ). Be sure to specify the one...
• Re: [vanagon] TIICO. Exhaust solved, now timing.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:09:51 -0700
  ...Set the timing to the desired amount (should be found in your manual for the engine ignition - you do have on supplied with the...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 18:04:50 -0600
  ...need a tach to set the engine rpm for tweaking the ignition timing. >> The tach in my van doesn't work - and one I...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:27:36 -0500
  ...Which makes it some component in the ignition timing or drive circuits; there's really no question about it. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA...
• Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude"
  Historical mailing list - David Hardy
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:36:37 -0700
  ...Do we dwellers-at-altitude still need to advance the ignition timing of our wasserboxers with the "1 degree per 1000ft above 4000ft" rule...
• Re: Ignition timing adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Tue, 10 Dec 1996 06:42:40 -0800 (PST)
  ...let engine idle and notice timing -place selector in a speed range -as engine drops below 940 rpm, timing must advance. I can't...
• no spark (after timing/dwell checked?)
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:25:51 -0700
  ...hit the ignition it does turn the starter/motor? Did I mess something up when I connected the POS of my timing light to...
• Re: LPG diesels, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:56:32 -0400
  ...EFI injection-timing will not alter ignition timing in a diesel. Do the late (A4) VW diesels use a centrifugal oilfilter? Andrew Grebneff 165...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:57:44 -0400
  ...primary ignition( from the coil wire back to the ignition switch). is suspect.You tell me what hyu think it is. Timing must be...
• Re: 84 ign timing spec
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:13:38 -0700
  ...com/ignition.htm#V8384 And yes, vacuum is connected, but be sure to temporarily disconnect and bypass the Idle Stabilizer so the timing mark...
• Re: 2.1 won't run when hot
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:49:05 -0400
  A really easy way to tell if your problem is ignition or something else is to hook up a timing light and route the...
• Re: your 1.9 liter motor needing more power
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:45:24 -0600
  ...Why not try this first.....Change the ignition timing of your van from 5 degrees after top dead center to either zero degrees top...
• Re: my beef of the day: vw heaters
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Fri, 27 May 94 8:56:03 GMT
  ...I used to get misfiring when my ignition timing drifted because of a flakey valve, it generally happened when the engine was hot. I...
• Re: Idle stabilizer question--1.9
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 14:57:24 -0700
  ...the idle speed by adjusting the ignition timing > slightly. Does it watch the time interval between between ignition > pulses and use some absolute standard...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 21:42:01 -0500
  ...This prevents the ignition timing from advancing so you can get it set. Actual RPM doesn't matter much however the idle stabilization system...
• Re: 88* Pre-ignition problems
  Historical mailing list - Harley Thomas
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:37:49 +-200
  ...88* Pre-ignition problems Hi Dan & Tim, Thanks for the tips. In answer to your questions: The problem with the pre-ignition started recently...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 00:12:23 -0700
  ...I suppose it probably cures more things then it causes trouble though. > The 1.9l engines have a completely electronic circuit that adjusts timing...
• 2.1 ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:29:49 -0700
  With gas prices as high as they are, I thought it would be a good idea to check the timing on my van prior...
• Re: Best chance of passing emmissions?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:40:18 -0400
  ...the catalytic)for emissions.Make sure they > all work proper,and your secondary ignition is in top shape,including the > ignition timing.Good luck >
• Re: Wont start. need help
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 18:34:57 EDT
  ...How is the Cat connected to the >ignition? .... >Soooo - If there is spark and gas and the timing is OK, why won't the...
• Re: AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 07:55:26 -0800
  ...ignition chambers.... sends the measurement to the ECU... Electronic Control Unit/computer that keeps the mix of fuel and air and spark timing just...
• Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:15:57 -0800
  ...Swap them with stock points and it still runs like crap although not misfiring (can tell by timing light). Just can't get the...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - David Robertson
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:09:25 -0400
  I have all new ignition parts and set the timing as well as dwell. I do have a lifter that makes a lot of...
• timing question
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  14 May 96 02:05:32 EDT
  ...quick question (maybe) regarding timing. I have a '78 2.0L engine, basically stock except for an "electronic ignition" system which basically replaces the...
• Ignition Switch Electrical Repair
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:36:17 -0500
  ...I shorted out my timing light to ground. As I was getting my 12 volts from the black wire to the coil, this caused...
• Re: Idle Stabliser Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:22:47 -0800
  ...Can it do anything at all > beyond advancing or retarding the ignition timing slightly? Does anyone > know just what it�s function is and...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:02:06 -0500
  ...advancing timing 10 deg from stock). engine will certainly be more peppy on the street and highway. 2. in testing high tension ignition wires...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:26:34 -0500
  ...About the only significant improvement I made was when I >checked and slightly adjusted the ignition timing. The timing was a >little off and...
• Re: Vanagon Ignition Timing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:53:11 -0500
  TABRUN writes: > Working with my 87 & 91 Vanagons I've been surprised how sensitive > they are to slight changes in ignition timing. After timing...