I was in the midst of typing the same (roughly) , but you[Holland] beat me to the punch! ;)
So yes, I second that. Ricky ----- Original Message ----- From: Holland Phillips To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] No power/low end on new 2.0 You don't say, but I assume you're talking about a 9A 2.0l 16V? If so, it sounds like you may have the intake to exhaust cam index screwed up. Moving the timing belt up and back a tooth wouldn't help that scenario. To check, pull the valve cover (I know that's a pain because the intake has to go) set the motor to TDC. Now look at the cam sprockets at the distributor end. There should be a dimple or hash mark on each gear, with the one on the intake at 9:00, or at the level of the valve cover mating surface, and the exhaust mark at 3:00 or at the same level as the intake mark. There's a possibility that the TT intake cam doesn't have the mark, in which case you either have to match it up with a factory intake and scribe a mark, or do the truly correct thing and get yourself a degree wheel and set the cams up the way all good engine builders do. Oh, almost forgot to mention, to correct the index if the marks don't line up, you have to pull the cam retaining caps so you can move the cam chain up or back on the gears until everything lines up correctly. It can bee a real pain in the ass, because you may think everything is lined up right, but when you tighten the caps down, the marks will have moved out of alignment. You kind of have to interpolate where you need to put the chain on the gears in order for things to come out right once everything is tightened down. Been there, done that. On Oct 22, 2006, at 3:48 PM, [email protected] wrote: The junkyard 2.0 w/new headgasket, TT Euro intake cam and a new distributor and O2 sensor can rev (slowly) to 5k+, idles like factory new and I can barely back out of my slightly uphill driveway. What power it has comes on after 3k and under any load it justs pops and does nothing. Changed out anything I could think of, coolant temp sensor, plugs, wires, injectors, ignition module, kock module. No vacuum leaks. The only things I don't have 2 of are DPR, knock sensor and the O sensor module. I did every test except the DPR since O don't have that harness and am reluctant to hack the one on the car. Dropped the timing belt back a tooth, then forward once now I back to 0. Also the tachometer seems to show higher revs than what the engine sounds like. @ 3k the 1.8 made some noise the 2.0 is almost idle quiet (like around 1.7krpm). Any suggestions? Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above. --Holland [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
