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Re: Cams and Timing

Hi Sal!

It may be possible that your cam timing may be off "a tooth". This often happens when you set the mark at the top of the head then add tension to the cam belt . This sometimes is overlooked. Check all the timing marks again with the belt fully adjusted and see where it falls.

HTH!

Guido

1981 8v

1980 16v

>From: "Sal Guzzo"
>To: "Scirocco" , "GTI" , "VWOT"
>Subject: Cams and Timing
>Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:43:40 -0800
>
>I've been having problems getting my 84 Scirocco 8V timed up properly. I
>managed to get it started but not the correct way. I aligned the crank to
>TDC, cam dot to the top of the head and aligned the rotor to #1 cylinder.
>It would NOT start even if I tried to play with the distributor. So......I
>flipped the ditributor 180 degrees to cylinder 3 and she started. However,
>she don't wanna rev past 3000 rpms. The compression is awesome in all four
>cylinders ( I just had the head rebuilt). Any ideas? Could the cam have
>been installed incorrectly when it was rebuilt? Was it a bad thing that I
>flipped the distributor 180 degrees? I can't see why it would not be okay.
>
>Any ideas. Thanks
>
>Sal
>67 Peugeot 404
>81 Scirocco 16V
>84 Scirocco Wolfie
>84 Vwabbit 8V
>
>
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