Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:30:12 -0600
Reply-To: Chad Morris <chad@ALLMORRIS.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Chad Morris <chad@ALLMORRIS.COM>
Subject: Re: timing does not advance
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Bingo! I double checked that the plug to the temp sensor was securely in
place. No problem there. Then I started wiggling around the wire and
suddenly noticed a change in engine RPM. Timing now advances as it should.
Thanks for your help.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: timing does not advance
> A lot of people claim these go bad. I've never had one go bad,
> but the wiring to the sensor, and the connection has been a major
> issue with many vanagons. Check those.
> Eric
>
> Chad Morris wrote:
>
> >Could that mean that my temp sensor II needs to be replaced? Would a bad
> >temp sensor cause such behavior?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 6:18 AM
> >Subject: Re: timing does not advance
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>By unplugging the temp. sensor II you cause the computer
> >>to not adjust the timing. ITs sounds to me as if re-installing
> >>this connection, the computer is still not working.
> >> Eric
> >>
> >>Chad Morris wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>I followed procedures outlined in a posting by Mark Keller to set the
> >>>
> >>>
> >timing on my '89 Carat, automatic. According to his instructions I set
the
> >timing so that the mark on the pulley (which is supposed to be the 5
degrees
> >BTDC mark) lines up with the case seam while the engine runs at 2400 RPM.
> >No problem there. However, as I understand his instructions, above 3000
> >RPM, the timing should reach a total advance of 40 degrees. On my engine
> >the timing does not advance at all. No matter where I set the timing at
> >idle, at higher RPMs the timing does not change at all. Can anyone
explain
> >this?
> >
> >
> >>>Chad Morris
> >>>89 Carat
> >>>Salt Lake City, UT
> >>>
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