Cherry-red exhaust manifold - need suggestions.

[vwnuts@yahoo.com (Anthony Pelletier)]

Mark your cam timing is off!  Check it, I'd bet your
are a tooth or two off.

--- Jason Adams <roclist@accessconsulting.ca> wrote:
> That wire, if memory serves (does it have a big
> beige insulator on the male
> prong?), is supposed to go to the o2 sensor, which
> is probably why you're
> running lean...
> 
> jason
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Mages" <wasserbox@yahoo.com>
> To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 6:36 AM
> Subject: Cherry-red exhaust manifold - need
> suggestions.
> 
> 
> > The scirocco is back together.  And runs - sort
> of.
> >
> > After 3 months of fiddling around with it,
> everything
> > (almost) is reconnected.
> >
> > What was done:
> > G-Grind Cam, new coolant hoses, new fuel injector
> > 0-rings, new cylinder head & valve cover gaskets,
> new
> > MC, new fuel lines.
> >
> > Now my exhaust is smoking.  the pipes - not out
> the
> > tailpipe.  I thought it was excess oil / simple
> green
> > burning off, but I crawled under it, and after 10
> min
> > or so of running, the exhaust manifold was bright
> red,
> > and smoke was coming off of the exhaust pipes. 
> There
> > seems to be a higher flow of exhaust coming out of
> the
> > tailpipe than before I took it all apart.
> >
> > It won't hold idle (another problem for another
> time)
> > but it will run smoothly with some push on the
> > accelerator.  There are a couple wires not
> connected,
> > but the only one that may be of significance is a
> > green wire with a brown 1-connector male plug that
> > comes out of the firewall in a bundle between the
> > cylinder head and MC.  It might reach to the back
> of
> > the cyl head, but not much farther - any ideas?
> >
> > My timing is probably off, due to the new
> camshaft,
> > but not a whole lot.  It's close to where it was
> with
> > the old cam.
> >
> > Help?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Mark
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> > 98 Yeti AS-R XC (freeride)
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> >
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