Some of the 4-cylinder engines made by Ford for the european market Escorts, Fiestas and so on are 1-4-3-2. But I would agree with you not to considering them "automotive". Also flat fours in vws and alfas have unusual firing orders. Iñaki
-----Mensaje original----- De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Holland J. Phillips Enviado el: sábado, 19 de junio de 2004 22:00 Para: Charlie Russo CC: a2list; Mark Reda Asunto: Re: [a2-16v-list] HELP: My 16V Sounds Like A Lawn Mower ALL 4 cylinder engines have a firing order of 1-3-4-2. At least all automotive engines. --Holland [email protected] On Jun 19, 2004, at 06:49, Charlie Russo wrote: > Better double check your firing order. > The Bentley Manual states the firing order is 1-3-4-2. > This firing order is pretty much standard for most VW engines (GX, MZ, > HT, RD, PL, RV, PF). > > Charlie > > > At 09:29 AM 6/19/04 -0400, Mark Reda wrote: > >> firing order is 1-4-3-2 >> that should be right I copied what's under th hood of my GTX. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John S. Lagnese" <[email protected]> >> To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]>; "a2list" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:19 AM >> Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] HELP: My 16V Sounds Like A Lawn Mower >> >> >> > What did you do to it? Firing order wrong? >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> >> > To: "a2list" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:30 PM >> > Subject: [a2-16v-list] HELP: My 16V Sounds Like A Lawn Mower >> > >> > >> > > Hey Guys, >> > > I just got my 91 16V Passat up and running but it sounds a bit >> like a >> lawn >> > > mower. >> > > The Passat will idle but it doesn't rev as freely as my 91 Jetta >> GTX >> 16V. >> > > The Passat's engine runs very rough and bounces a lot, it idles >> best >> when >> > > the ignition timing is fully advanced. >> > > >> > > I can't get the Passat to behave the way it should. >> > > Any ideas? >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Mark Reda. >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > a2-16v-list mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> a2-16v-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
