Engine dropped a bit to drill out the alternator mounting holes, by my ex VW chap,
I drove it around for a few days without problem.
Gearbox replaced with a refurb that I sold a kidney and a lung for.
I picked it up yesterday and immediately thought Its not right...
I havent driven the van much recently, Ive been confined to a Renult Clio
First thought was its running on three cylinders and the tappets are rattling, also "pooh" no petrol.
Ive been in work today, but a quick once over tells me its more serious.
I dont really want to take it back to the gearbox place, they dont know these vans like we do.
and they would probably deny everything anyway.
Symptoms:
reluctant to start, no power(even less than a bay window van) stalls easily.
I can remove the HT leads from cylinders 2 and 4 without affecting the idle.
I have spark at 2 and 4
I have good compression at all 4 cylinders.
The HT leads look like they are on the right cylinders, but I seem to remember leads 1 and 2 crossing over.......
Timing looks a bit far advanced, but I cant see this having changed.
T
