Snow drift + no timing belt cover = trouble

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

I have not seen that one...  What was it like?

David Utley

Quoting daniel savatteri <yoscirocco@hotmail.com>:

> did you feel like that guy in the jetta in the Toureg comercial?
> 
> 
> >From: "David Utley" <mr.utility@highstream.net>
> >Reply-To: mr.utility@highstream.net
> >To: "Mark" <mardak@cogeco.ca>,<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: RE: Snow drift + no timing belt cover = trouble
> >Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:29:53 -0600
> >
> >Been there, did that, didn't like it either...  (thumb down)...
> >
> >David utley
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> >[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Mark
> >Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 6:18 PM
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Snow drift + no timing belt cover = trouble
> >
> >Well I now know the perils of not running a timing belt cover when you
> >live in a snow belt.  The other night, in order to get into my parking
> >spot at home, I had to blast through a pretty sizable snow drift.  It
> >instantly stalled, and wouldn't start.
> >
> >Tried again in the morning, nada...  Checked the intake for snow - sure
> >enough my swiss-cheesed airbox (relocated behind the passenger side
> >headlights) was packed with snow right up to the filter.  Thinking this
> >was the problem I removed the snow and cranked it over till the battery
> >died...   So I got a friend of mine to pull me down the street with his
> >car and tried to bum-start it, thinking that a bunch of moisture was
> >fouling my starting attempts.  Something was off, it sounded weird...
> >Checked for spark, fine...  Hmmmm...
> >
> >So on a hunch I checked my valve timing - yup - it was off by around
> >four teeth.  Hoping I didn't bend all the new valves I put into my
> >recently rebuilt done-up head, I realigned everything and fired it up.
> >So far so good, everything seems alright...  Now I have to tune the damn
> >thing again, which was a major PITA last time - I had to screw around
> >with different combinations of cam (adjustable) and spark timing to get
> >decent power without pinging.  Oh well, at least it ain't broke!
> >
> >Lesson learned...
> >
> >Mark.
> >75
> >80 S
> >81 S  2.0 ABA/JH/4K
> >
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