John, Try 5 Degrees BTDC. SEt it back to 0 during vehicle emission testing. Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew Cab 60 356 T-5 Porsche http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget ----- Original Message ----- From: "jbclem1" <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 5:24 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
> My 1983 water-cooled is getting a lot of pressure in the coolant reservoir(head gasket or cylinder > spacer-seal or green o-ring, or cracked head?). In the process of trying to pin down which cylinder > or side the problem was coming from I hooked up a vacuum gauge and discovered a pretty low reading > at idle (8-10 inches hg). ..... |
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