16v Gurus, need help bad

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

with the spacer gasket it should be nearly impossible to get piston/valve
meeting. the spacer gasket will cause your cam timing to be slightly off,
since the spacer may put it such that you can only line up slightly before
or after the 0 mark (in this case, you want it in the advanced direction).
the reason is that you have added a half-tooth worth of length between the
crank/cam pulley.
keep us posted
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sebastian Liberona" <smash593@shaw.ca>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 4:43 AM
Subject: 16v Gurus, need help bad


> Ok, so today i started my first headgasket project, it was a complete
> failure, i removed the head changed the gasket and put it back on. changed
> the timing belt and tensioner too. ok so this is what happens, i line up
the
> camshaft marks and crankshaft and put the belt on and everytime i try to
> tighten the tension the crankshaft sprocket moves. so finally i got it on
> but the vibration dampener was  abit off, the dist, camshaft and the
> Flywheel marks all pointed to TDC. so i thought ok. it should be alrite.
ohh
> btw mini note here im using a thick headgasket to lower compression for
> turbo. anyways so yeh i get the whole thing together. and i crank the
engine
> by hand with a ratchet 2 full rotations and nothing seems to hit? now it
> wont start. it seems the starter cant turn it. it turns then stops and it
> makes wierd sounds. im scared of pistons hitten the valves? could this be
a
> possibility? please help me out here. ohh and for some odd reason the oil
> smells like gasoline? anyways thanks for the help!
>
>
>
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