Re: 2 places to chek timing?

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

The easiest and most accurate way to check the timing is in the hole in the 
bellhousing. This mark that is viewed through this hole is on the flywheel 
and since the flywheel can be improperly installed then the mark wont be 
veiwed.

There is a notch on the crankshaft pulley that lines up with an arrow on the 
timing belt cover when the engine is at TDC. With an adjustable timing light 
the ignition timing can be viewed and adjusted at this mark.


>So i took my 87 16v to the local SmogPROS and they failed it...so I took it
>to new dimensions to have it fixed so that it would pass smog, they 
>adjusted
>the timing, etc...and said it would pass..But that the clutch had been
>improperly installed so it was blocking the regular place one would go to
>check the timing...but that they could chek it on the other side of the
>engine by the timing belt housing. Apparently this was too complex for
>smogPROS and they could not handle the fact that there was another place to
>chek the timing that didn't appear in their "book"..he claimed to smog
>sciroccos everyday and that he was a professional...uuuhh..
>riiiiight....well i still gotta fight to get my $24.95 back and in the mean
>time hopefully ND can smog my car.
>
>But all this talk about cheking the timing by the belt housing, you guys
>heard of this, right? Is it as accurate?
>
>-Tollef
>
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Chris DeLong
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Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'78 Scirocco (for sale)
'82 GLI
'84 Jetta Diesel (for sale)
'80 Jetta
'80 'Vert
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