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| computers4kids |
 Dec 26 2006, 11:09 PM
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I have a couple of complete 2.0 motors in my garage that I would like start-up in my garage but out of the car. I can do a leak down test on both of them and do a compression test, but I would also like to see how the run, adjust valves, timing, before I install one of them. They are both FI motors.
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| sww914 |
Dec 27 2006, 01:08 AM
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Secure it to the ground so it won't torque it's self off the stand. The fuel pump on an FI motor will be the biggest PITA in my opinion.
You can adjust the valves out of the car easy enough, and with points do a static timing adjustment with a test light, I can't remember how, but the idiot's guide to VW repair spells it out well. I'm not sure the covenience of doing the adjustments out of the car outweighs the difficulty of hooking everything up on the floor. You should go with the one with the best leakdown, and then the next time you drive out to the coast, drop the other one off at my house so I can store it for you in my second 914 and test it for a couple of years for you. |
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computers4kids Start-up an engine out of the car Dec 26 2006, 11:09 PM
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You should go with the one with the best leakdown... Dec 27 2006, 12:41 PM
Twystd1 If the engine has been sitting around for a long t... Dec 27 2006, 01:52 AM Paul Illick A stand is best. If you start it on the floor I... Dec 27 2006, 04:58 AM ptravnic I believe that in order to use the FI out of the c... Dec 27 2006, 05:06 AM thesey914 I've run my motor on the floor. It was on a pi... Dec 27 2006, 09:53 AM newto914s I think his question was more along the lines of ... Dec 27 2006, 10:41 AM computers4kids
I believe that in order to use the FI out of the ... Dec 27 2006, 12:53 PM Twystd1 DO NOT put the engine on a piece of carpet to ligh... Dec 27 2006, 02:40 PM Lawrence I've never felt comfortable seeing a 914 engin... Dec 27 2006, 03:23 PM machina its easy, just stand back till she clears the towe... Dec 27 2006, 04:29 PM machina OK, this is probably not the best way to do it but... Dec 27 2006, 04:56 PM ptravnic Funny stuff. That was Leo Imperial's engine i... Dec 27 2006, 05:54 PM scotty b Not the best footage (shot at night) but exhaust s... Dec 27 2006, 06:31 PM |
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