Re: Incorrect valve timing?

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Noticed a slight typo in there - idle is not good when cold, OK once 
warmed-up!


>From: "Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Incorrect valve timing?
>Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:40:56 GMT
>
>My friend has a scirocco he bought recently, which has problems with poor
>power & it is reluctant to idle when it's warmed-up. I did a compression
>test on it yesterday and the results were pretty low - 115-120psi on all
>cylinders. There isn't a lot of blow-by pressure in the crankcase so I'm
>assuming that the piston rings aren't shot.
>
>Could incorrect valve timing give this type of symptom?  I'm guessing that
>maybe if the valve timing is retarded then part of the charge is being lost
>before the valves close, hence the low pressure & low power.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>TIA,
>
>Ewan Hopkins...
>
>'85 Storm 2.0
>'86 GT 1.8
>
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