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Timing Issue |
bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:11 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
If timing the car (moving the dizzy) doesnt affect RPM at all (at idle) then wtf is going on? Usually it ranges from 500-1500 all across the board.....somebody help
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Aaron Cox |
May 10 2005, 03:16 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
get a timing light.
time it, and be done. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) |
bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:19 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
yeaqh i have one, but it makes no difference in sound, idle rpm or performance where the dizzy is.....do i have a vaccuum leak? is it running rich? how do i tell?
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bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:20 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
in fact the performance very sucks much
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skline |
May 10 2005, 03:25 PM
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Born to Drive Group: Members Posts: 7,910 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Costa Mesa, CA Member No.: 17 Region Association: Southern California |
My advice to you? Marry a Porsche or VW mechanic. You seem to run into a lot of problems with your car and you should have one at your house all the time. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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lapuwali |
May 10 2005, 03:29 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Changing the timing DOES affect idle speed. Advancing will generally increase idle speed up to a point. Retarding will decrease idle speed right down to the point where the engine will stall.
If changing the timing DOESN'T affect idle speed, well...hm. Set the timing to factory specs with the light. Rev the engine up to 3000 and make sure the timing actually advances. Past about 3500rpm, it should stop advancing. If there are other problems, you can at least eliminate timing as one of the causes. Is this EFI or carbs? |
bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:42 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
D-Jet FI...and NO girl around here knows VWs....i'll check it out tonight.....it works great, just not too peppy like it used to be.
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Mueller |
May 10 2005, 03:49 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
who said anything about "girls"??? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) |
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bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:50 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
yah miles said something like that last night...WTF? i'm straight. I have a girlfriend already.
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SGB |
May 10 2005, 03:57 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
Remove distributor cap and see if the advance mechanism is hanging up. If nothing else, you should be able to twist the dizzy guts to see shifting of the advance mechanism. I had a .050 become "fixed", and the accel was F L A T .
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bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 03:59 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
okay....i'll check that.. i completly forgot about that AND that will probably affect the response to turning the dizzy.....what should i oil the mechanism with....? Light machine oil or motor oil?
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redshift |
May 10 2005, 04:02 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
Dolphin wax
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bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 04:05 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
why do you use dolphin wax? do the goats like that better?
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redshift |
May 10 2005, 04:12 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
No, the goat likes duck butter.
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Aaron Cox |
May 10 2005, 04:13 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
hijacked his son's thread.....
son of miles and Bessy the goat, Britt 'goatboy' dodd (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 04:17 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) miles are you coming to louisville on the 22nd?
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redshift |
May 10 2005, 04:17 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
No
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lapuwali |
May 10 2005, 04:19 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
Theoretically, dielectric grease. However, motor oil will do. Dolphin wax just gums up the works, and duck butter is an electrical insulator, so the whole thing would stop working entirely. Check the timing and advance with a light first. If you see the timing change as you rev the engine, the advance mechanism isn't stuck. Check to see that it advances enough. It it appears stuck, or it doesn't advance enough, then check the advance weights. |
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bd1308 |
May 10 2005, 04:22 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
i have both...i'll use dielectric grease then, cause i believe its a water insulator
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SLITS |
May 10 2005, 05:22 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
Hmmmmm, I thought the standard was KY Warming Gel......makes things slide easy and gives you that warm fuzzzy feeling.
What do ducks and goats know anyway? |
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