Fw: [928uk] Timing issue - 83 "S"

[Paul Anderson]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Anderson" <porschespares at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "John Constantine" <john.constantine at btinternet.com>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [928uk] Timing issue - 83 "S"


> John,
>
> Quick one a si am about to go on holiday,
>
> Make sure you ignition pick up for the strobe is at the plug and not by
the
> dizzy as it will pick up the pulses from the other leads, also make sure
you
> are on number one plug, left bank nearest plug.
>
> Make sure the front pulley has the numbers facing you not into the engine,
>
> The pipe from the plenum should have a short piece of pipe then a non
return
> y piece one of the pipes goes to the brake servo, the other to the "shoe"
> that has the throttle butterfly and the fuel metering head, If this is off
> the car will definately not idle very well as it will be getting too much
> air.
>
> Another thing make sure the vac lines that you remove are plugged that go
to
> the dizzy when you are setting the timing.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Paul Anderson.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Constantine" <john.constantine at btinternet.com>
> To: <928uk at 928.org.uk>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:20 AM
> Subject: [928uk] Timing issue - 83 "S"
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Good news and bad news.
> >
> > First the good......
> >
> > At the weekend my project car moved under it's own steam for the first
> time
> > in over 2 years!!!!
> >
> > I took it for a scenic ride around my crescent - Did a 3 point turn and
> > returned to the garage.
> >
> > It started first/second time from cold and hot and I adjusted the
tickover
> > too. It had a bit of a flat spot when I touched the throttle, but only a
> bit
> > and revved up o.k. after that. I put that down to the fact that I had
been
> > fiddling with the mixture and that I'd only set the timing by ear and
not
> > used a strobe.
> >
> > So now the bad.....
> >
> > I put the car back in the garage and started to try and get her running
as
> > sweetly as possible - I didn;t think this would be too hard seeing as I
> was
> > almost there..... how wrong I could be.
> >
> > I took the vaccums off the dizzy and my daughter held the car at 3k
while
> I
> > put the strobe on  the pulley wheel ..... Now I was expecting the timing
> to
> > be out a little, but there was no sign of the timing mark - ANYWHERE!!!!
> > really bizzare...... I moved the dizzy right over and the timing mark
just
> > came into sight - but still miles off. I removed the dizzy and moved the
> > rotor arm to bring the adjustment closer.
> >
> > Now the car is a pin to start, but I got it going and after doing this
> again
> > got the timing mark to be crack on. Jsut one problem now. The car is
> > impossible to start. I had it running once and then it wouldn;t idle at
> all
> > and ran like it was only firing on 4 cylinders and was running so rich
it
> > was stinking my eyes.
> >
> > I've been ill all weekend so I decided to knock it on the head there.
> >
> > The only thing I can think of is that in the past someone has put the
red
> > belt thing with the timing marks on, back on the car in the wrong
place!!!
> >
> > Does anyone know if this is possible?
> >
> > The timing marks are somehitn like 1|0    T|D    2|6
> >
> > Also, can I double check which timing mark I'm supposed to be using - I
> was
> > under the impresion it whould read 26 @ 3k rpm with all vaccums removed
> from
> > the dizzy?
> >
> > I don;t know I'm at a loss at the momment.
> >
> > One last thing - on the right hand side (as you are looking into the
> engine
> > bay) of the intake plenum between the back 2 pipes there is what looks
> like
> > an oil vapur return line. Can anyone confirm this as one eld of this
line
> > appears to go nowhere and is sucking like hell.
> >
> > Anyone - any ideas?
> >
> > Just for infor I've replced (or has been replaced) the following
> >
> > Cap
> > Leads
> > Rotor
> > Plugs
> > Injectors
> > Injector seals
> > Starter motor
> > ALL Vaccum pipes
> > intake gaskets
> > Air/oil filters
> > WUR
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JC
> >
> >
> >
> >
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