Hi All,

I have been working on this car for a while. I have had to rebuild the tranny and get the car running. It had not been run in over 2 years so ya, it's been a lot of work. I do not have any manuals for this car. I am in need of knowing what the timing is .. and how to set it on this car plus I need to check the vacuum. If anyone has some help for me here, I would appreciate it. I can not get the timing mark to stay smooth. It keeps moving on me. I am thinking it's a vacuum problem but don't know thebest place to check it and what it should be. Thanks in advance for the help.


Steve

 

engine size??

edit: they do a 1.6td / 2.0 / 2.2 / and 2.3

 

My bad, hehe. It's a 5 cylinder.. not the quattro

 

the 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.3 are all 5 cylinder so ill post both data ( 2.0 and 2.3 are the same but the 2.2 is different, ill download them there are 4 in all and you should be able to tell what the engine is by the pictures

 

1 of 2 for the 2.2

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2 of 2 for the 2.2

[IMG]local://upfiles/12092/38424DF88DC14DF984115FC4EEB47D5A.jpg[/IMG]

 

1 of 2 for the 2.0 and 2.3

[IMG]local://upfiles/12092/8A32271D949841AC9AF9349F87D8DE2D.jpg[/IMG]

 

2 of 2 for the 2.0 and 2.3

[IMG]local://upfiles/12092/1672CCF765204046B1AECB96BDC9B1DD.jpg[/IMG]

 

Thanks Dave,

I have the 2.3 engine. I am guessing the timing mark is the little bump on the flywheel and not a groove like most american cars are. I have put a light on it but the mark jumps around a lot. Do you have any idea what may be doing that?

Steve

 

idle problem could be the dipstick ( it is sealed with an O ring when inserted ) if its loose when in then there will be air drawn into the engine via that tube and you can buy the O ring,
2.0 and 2.3 are 20 valve engines ans the 2.2 isn't and that's the difference