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• Re: Firing order for 2.0 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 19 May 2004 12:44:07 EDT
  Horizontal Air & Watercooled Firing Order 1 4 3 2 ~~~~ Bug, Bus, Vanagon Inline 4 Cylinder Watercooled Firing Order 1 3 4 2 ~~~~ Rabbit, Golf...
• Re: [Syncro] OOoooo, ouch. re: firing order and plugs.
  Historical mailing list - BusPilot
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:11:54 -0700
  ...extra hole. > > The 5s have a 1-2-4-5-3 firing order Porsche six firing order 1-6-2-4-3-5. LJD
• Re: firing order for '88
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 19:28:27 -0500
  ...firing order for '88 Anybody know the firing order for an '88 vanagon 2wd 2.1. Does anybody know which cylider is #1, #2...
• firing order for '88
  Historical mailing list - kenneth price
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 17:55:21 -0800
  Anybody know the firing order for an '88 vanagon 2wd 2.1. Does anybody know which cylider is #1, #2 etc...
• Re: CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:53:43 -0400
  ...Firing order: 1432 Peace http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm
• Re: Firing order for 2.0 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 May 2004 12:20:25 -0500
  ...Firing order for 2.0 air-cooled Don't have my Bentley today... Anyone know the order, I would guess its the same for...
• Re: Cylinder firing order: Bentley & Muir
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:55:40 -0800
  I always liked how on type 1's the firing order was cast into the generator stand/oil tube. That was so cool. Matthew...
• Cylinder firing order: Bentley & Muir
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:50:58 -0400
  Steve Sullivan asked in his post (Which one is number one?) about the firing order. Many have said that it is NOT covered in...
• Re: firing order? and cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:16:59 -0500
  jim&kim wrote: > I am re-installing the distributor in my 1.9, question is what is the > firing order / where is # I cylinder...
• Re: [Syncro] OOoooo, ouch. re: firing order and plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:47:48 +0200
  ...The 5s have a 1-2-4-5-3 firing order PerL Bug, Bus 'n 'Back (Formerly Audi)
• THANK YOU LIST - CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:14:56 -0400
  ...CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER - You are wrong! The cylinders are laid out thus. 3 1 4 2 The correct firing order is 1...
• Re: Cylinder firing order: Bentley & Muir
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:01:08 -0500
  ...81 Westy >I always liked how on type 1's the firing order was cast into the >generator stand/oil tube. That was so...
• Re: � � � firing order
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:52:47 -0400
  I thought the the distributor rotated counterclockwise so the firing order of 1,4,3,2 results in the orientation on the distributor looking...
• CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:50:34 -0400
  ...Can anyone tell me the correct cylinder numbers and firing order on distributor? This is what I think it is - without sending a drawing...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 18:24:21 -0700
  Front 3| |1 4| |2 Rear The firing order is 1-4-3-2 Not a suggestion, but a fact ;) -Mark McCulley At 07...
• Re: � � � firing order
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:32:10 EDT
  Kevin, The firing order should be 1,4,3,2. If you are standing at the back of the van, #1 is top right...
• firring order?
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 17:29:53 -0700
  I am re-installing the distributor in my 1.9, question is what is the firing order / where is # I cylinder? thanks a heap...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer firing order
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 13 May 2001 14:02:33 -0300
  ...Not having my own Bently available, and only from (a rather overtaxed) memory, firing order is 1-4-2-3, # 1 cylinder being the...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:41:33 -0500
  ...But going clockwise, that should be the firing order which is 1-4-3-2, right? Thanks, Jim > > As for the valve timing order...
• Re: Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 18:27:03 -0800
  ...1-4-3-2 is correct for firing order. Dan Jack Newton wrote: > > It may sound elementary but I cannot find in Bentley the...
• Re: help--Firing order
  Historical mailing list - Brian Kelly
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:59:41 EDT
  ...Firing order 1. 4. 3. 2. If the distributor is set as the book, the dist. cap wires should be, Cylinder #1 top left...
• Re: Problem with 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:42:32 -0400
  ...I have 10x checked firing order, but it ran fine >then all of a sudden barely ran/started. I had fuel system problems (fuel...
• Re: CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:03:32 -0600
  that is correct, assuming the dist drive pinion is properly indexed. John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:26:24 -0500
  ...As for the valve timing order, i believe it is in reverse order of firing starting with 1 (i.e 1-2-3-4...
• Re: CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER -
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:04:22 -0600
  Wait a sec; car 3 1 4 2 Dist 3 2 4 1 sorry about that John
• Re: how did this happen ... ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:21:17 -0800
  ...If the above is correct, your firing order is correct. Firing order: 1, 4, 3, 2. The distributor turns CW when the engine is...
• Re: Injector Wiring Order?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 22:59:42 EDT
  Yes,they all be firing simultaneously i.e. wired in parallel. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville NC, The Heart of the Triad...
• HELP
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:00:12 -0500
  whats the firing order on an 81 Vanagon. I got my wires screwed up and now it wont start! How do they go? THANKS...
• Re: cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:01:28 -0500
  Oh yeah, I forgot.... the firing order of the vanagon 1.9 and 2.1 engine is also 1-4-3-2.Bye
• firing order
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:54:57 -0400
  ...Just want to make sure I have the firing order right on the dizzy for an 87 Westy 2.1 . I'm pretty sure...
• Re: Help please?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 15:12:56 -0700
  Most likely you've put the wires to the distributor on in the wrong order. Firing order is 1-4-3-2. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
• Cylinder #s & firing order?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:24:30 PDT
  ...It gives the firing order as 1-4-3-2 (I think, same as the inline 4s, right), but nowhere could I find reference...
• distributor rotation?
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:45:19 -0700
  Does the distributor rotate clockwise or counter? Looking at the firing order it would seem counter? Having trouble seting up new engine, thanks. Jim...
• RE: � � � firing order
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:48:45 -0400
  ...firing order Kevin, The firing order should be 1,4,3,2. If you are standing at the back of the van, #1 is...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:06:29 -0500
  ...I found a diagram on Ken's site that enabled me to check the firing order and spark plug wire placements and this shows...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:04:39 -1000
  ...that's not the firing order.. that's how the cylinders are numbered ...... which ya gotta know to sus out the firing order for...
• Re: valve adjustment proceedure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:21:38 -0400
  In a message dated 96-07-31 23:12:08 EDT, Douglas wrote: << Because the firing order is 1-4-3-2, with the...
• Firing order for 2.0 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 May 2004 08:14:16 -0700
  ...Anyone know the order, I would guess its the same for Water-cooled too. Please pmail, I am in Vacation mode right now. Sean...
• Re: DITRIBUTOR/NO START
  Historical mailing list - Mike Stainbrook
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:47:38 -0500
  thank you for the response,and yes I have learned the cylinder #system and the firing order,it's down to the position of...
• Valves adjustment in Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:41:42 -0700
  ...By next cylinder, do they mean next, as in 1-2-3-4? or next, as in firing order 1-4-3-2? Jim...
• Re: Cylinder #s & firing order?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 21:55:32 -0500
  ...It gives > the firing order as 1-4-3-2 (I think, same as the inline 4s, right), > but nowhere could I find reference...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:01:42 -0500
  ...Also, I was not referring to firing order, but rather firing *position* on the distributor cap. Specifically, is the scratch on your distributor (that...
• Re: Firing Order
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 15:02:15 -0400
  In a message dated 97-10-04 19:16:55 EDT, ralfk@POP.EROLS.COM writes: << ?????? 4 |------[_______]-------|1 ?????? ?????? 2 |------[_______]-------|3 ??????? Any suggestions welcome. >> Should...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:55:27 -0400
  ...Somebody let me know if the rest of the sequence is > anything but the firing order. > > Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw...
• How are cylinders numbered (85 vanagon)?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:56:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...does one determine which spark plug wires go where? I know the firing order is 1-4-3-2, but ... Thanks a bunch, David
• Re: FI help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 05:44:18 -0400
  ...sure the firing order is correct, and the distributor is geared correctly?If it is 180 deg. out, or wrong order, the engine will...
• Injector Wiring Order?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 13:22:27 -0400
  Hi All, Is there any specific order that the injectors must be wired on an '84 digijet model? I would have thought that they...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:48:20 -0800
  speaking of firing order.. John, do you know the hyper easy way to check firing order ( and also how the cylinders are numbered. ? it...
• Engine Rebuild questions
  Historical mailing list - Buffy & Philip Simmons
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:40:13 -0700
  ...exaust stroke.further, can you tell me what way the motor (and the distributer) turn.and the firing order Thank you in advance Philip
• help--Firing order
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:58:28 -0700
  Hi, I was checking my distributor, and the wires seem to be attached in the wrong order. The book says order should be 1...
• OOoooo, ouch. re: firing order and plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:05:41 -0600
  ...Oh, and by the way, THE FIRING ORDER IS THE SAME ON ALL OF EM: 1, 4, 3, 2. AIR COOLED BOXER (Any vintage...
• CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER - Were getting there.
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:43:46 -0400
  ...CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER - Another thing ... all injectors fire simultaneously so it doesn't matter which injector gets which connector. You could have...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Ralf Kalscheuer
  Sat, 4 Oct 1997 19:15:09 -0400
  ...it runs a bit strange, does anyone know what the correct firing order is and how are the cylinders numbered. I think I connected...
• Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:42:18 -0400
  ...Can someone tell me where each wire goes? Not the firing order but where each one goes in relation to the cap. I may...
• 1.9 wasserboxer firing order
  Historical mailing list - john tomljenovic
  Sat, 12 May 2001 20:41:10 -0700
  ...Went though the bentley for like an hour but could not find any mention of firing order or even cylinder numbers. does any listers...
• Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:19:59 +1100
  ...Can someone tell me which cylinder is which? (I took off the plug leads and according to Bentley the firing order is 1-4...
• Re: More cylinder numbering
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:23:40 +0200
  ...The firing order, which is stamped on a sheet thin in the engines compartment, is 3-2-1-4. Do I check the manual...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 09:58:38 -0800
  ...Mark Steve Cotsford wrote: > I am woking on the '88 Biuestar................. > I have checked out the spark plug firing order and seen that the...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:03:12 -0500
  ...Somebody let me know if the rest of the sequence is >> anything but the firing order. >> >> Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw...
• timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:42:03 -0500
  ...However, we cant seem to find the firing order or which cylinder is #1. FLAPS told us #1 is passanger side front. Is that...