Re: timing

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Tell us what car you have- makes a big difference... and also, hey there! I go to Hampshire (although I'm out for the semester) so we're from the same town... heh
kinda.
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI (away for the winter)
    '86 Scirocco 8v (buy me!)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

rhl@student.umass.edu wrote:

> Quick question, i bout my scirocco last sunday, it worked great, i just ran through the first full tank of gas (87 octane) and all of a sudden i am getting this
> horrible metalic sound that is accompanying my accelration, it is not terribly loud and is very audible inside the cabin, but all but unnoticable outide
> the car.(wierd i know) also, when i opened up the hood with the engine running
> and tried to reproduce the sound from there by using the throttle cable within
> the car, it would every so often misfire. My only thought is that maybe the previous owner had advanced the timing too far, so i am going to try to put
> high octane gas and see if that helps (i won't have access to a timing light
> till wed.) does this sound like the right answer to my problem?
> the sound comes from directly in front of the driver, it is not present
> when the engine is just coasting, and it's volume is variable with the amount of
> accelration, not with just the revs.
> Thanks in advance!
> Rob Luhrs
>
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