Hi Brett.

How far out was timing as shown at cam OT mark? 1 tooth or ?

Motronic engine management can adjust timing to some degree but I
wonder if I've pushed that envelope too far; with crank pulley lined
up to TDC mark, the cam OT mark does not line up exactly with
stationary mark. It's off nearly 1 tooth. This could be due to
position of the plastic part with stationary mark or plastic cover at
crank pulley (TDC mark). I don't know if the Kennedy adaptor plate and
flywheel I'm using has TDC marks. No trouble code has ever been thrown
by this though.

The engine runs ok but at times, it feels like the timing is a bit retarded.
I haven't ruled out a fueling issue. e.g. fuel delivery rate.

On 10/7/16, Brett Ne <brettn777@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't assume that the sprockets were in time from the previous owner... I
> couldn't figure out why my VW Fox 1.8 powered Vanagon was so sluggish until
> one day i decided to replace the timing belt & found that the camshaft,
> crankshaft, and the intermediate sprocket were all out of time with respect
> each other.  It ran much better with the new belt and all three shafts
> properly synched.

--
Neil n

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