16V 2.0 Pickup lives, sort of... Need help ASAP..

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Dave -

This may sound trite, but if you're at all suspicious about the timing, I'd
do each timing setup over from scratch so you can eliminate that from the
equation. Since you're not the person who asembled the setup in the first
place, I would recommend this even more. All the way to remove the timing
belt cover and re-checking the marks...yes, you should check the cam timing
too!  sorry... :)

Couple things to check (which you may already have):

1) Ensure your TDC is true and not for #4
2) There are two arrangements that the distro can be screwed in to allow
further adjustment. Try the other and leave the distro a tad loose. While
you have buddy cranking the engine (or running), rotate the distro until you
"find the groove" where it's running its best.
3)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Utley" <mr.utility@highstream.net>
Cc: "'scirocco list'" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: OT: 16V 2.0 Pickup lives, sort of... Need help ASAP..


>
>
> Hello all,
>   I actually have some 16V qyestions to ask, wooohhoooo!
>   The vehicle in question is an '82 p/up with a Passat 2.0 16V and
Scirocco
> CIS-E FI...
>   Okay, my friend Don and I got the pickup to run, despite the P.O.s best
> attempts to put the thing together wrong.  The thing would start and run,
> but you really had to work with the throttle to get it to accelerate, and
> the sucker is SO LOUD...  Since it would not accelerate easily at all, we
> began to look at the timing.  After removing #1 spark plug and checking
for
> TDC (esp since the marks at the flywheel could not be seen), we saw that
the
> cam was retarded by one tooth.  We fixed that and reinstalled, and ran it
> up.  It ran much better, but it still was not right.  We then checked the
> timing, and saw that the dist. could not be advanced any more because
there
> was no more room left in the attachment slots.  Also, the timing mark on
the
> cam gear is not -precisely-pointed at the mark on the valve cover.  It is
> retarded  about half a tooth.  These two things lead us to believe that
the
> cams themselves are not timed properly.  Does that seem like what is
> happening here?  The trouble that we now experience is that the thing
still
> does not want to rev like it really should.  It still sputters a bit, esp.
> if you mash on it from an idler...
>
> Don wanted me to ask you all if this was worth the effort of re-timing the
> cams...  I think the answer is yes, but I too am interested in what all
you
> think needs to be done...
>
> Any answers are appreciated, especially the quick ones, as we will be
> attempting to put things right starting noon Sunday, central time...
Thanks
> very much for your time!
>
> Cheers!
>    David Utley
>
> PS--  A first!  Although I have 7 VWs, I will for the first time have 1.5
> running vehicles, woooooo-stinking-hooooo!  :)
>
>
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