Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:44 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: stumped
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Yeah, what Dave said.
Pour some gas down its throat and try that. If you don't get some attempt
at running put the timing light on #1 and point it at the timing marks.
Get back with results of the gas test.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM, David Marshall
<mailinglist@fastforward.ca>wrote:
> You said no flooding, but are you getting ANY fuel? If there is
> fuel, I would suspect your distributor is 180 degrees out. A gasser
> should start as much as 20 degrees +- of where it should be.
>
> David Marshall
> VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
>
>
> http://www.hasenwerk.ca
>
> On Thu, December 17, 2009 14:09,
> Robert Ueltzen wrote:
> > I sent the below to the Yahoo Tiico group,
> and am trying you guys, too.
> > Two
> > heads better than
> one if on separate bodies theory.
> >
> > I had to replace
> the head of my Tiico engine. The #1 exhaust valve
> > dropped
> > onto the piston and was pounded back up through the head. The
> valve
> > didn't
> > fail; the retainer, clips, or spring
> failed and allowed the valve to drop.
> > FAS found me a nice
> replacement. I have the engine reassembled but I
> > cannot get it
> to start. The starter turns the engine over strongly (I
> >
> recharged the battery before trying to start it), but there is no
> firing
> > as
> > if there was no fuel or no spark.
> >
> 1. A noid light shows that all the injectors are getting a signal.
> > 2. The timing light shows I'm getting spark; I tried it on all
> four plug
> > wires.
> > 3. Right now, the timing is at TDC.
> I will set to spec when I get it
> > running, but I would think it
> would start or fire at least at TDC. TDC
> > was
> >
> determined with a dial indicator on the top of the piston. The
> >
> distributor
> > rotor is pointing to the the #1 tower of the cap and
> the firing order is
> > 1-3-4-2.
> > 4. I suspected flooding,
> but I pulled the plugs and left the cylinders
> > open
> > for
> an hour and then blew out the cylinders with some compressed air. No
> > difference.
> > 5. The camshaft/crank timing appears to be
> correct; I've done this
> > before
> > with success. The
> timing belt slipped several years ago because the
> > threads
> > in the head for the timing belt tensioning pulley were stripped -
> thanks
> > REMTEC. I replaced the timing belt so I don't think a
> stretched belt is
> > throwing off the valve timing. My question
> here is that I used the
> > procedure/marks described in Bentley to
> set the valve/crank timing _ dot
> > on
> > camshaft sprocket
> lined up with the top edge of the cylinder head
> > (distributor
> side) and the dot on the intermediate shaft lined up with the
> >
> mark on the crank pulley. I'm not certain this applies to the Tiico
> > engine,
> > but I thought it was the same procedure I used
> previously with success.
> > 6. I connected my OBD II code reader.
> I don't really know if this works
> > with our Tiico system, but I
> thought I would try it. No DTC's were
> > present;
> >
> although System Status light indicated a pending DTC or that the
> monitors
> > have not run their testing (maybe because the engine
> didn't start).
> > 7. I've rechecked the wiring. I had to
> disconnect the oil pressure
> > sensor, the throttle position
> sensor, the MAP sensor, the injector
> > connections, and the
> distributor cap to remove and replace the head.
> > They're all
> properly reconnected.
> > 8. I did replace the old van injector and
> Tiico fuel rail with an A2 rail
> > and new injectors and a new fuel
> pressure regulator. Fuel pressure rises
> > to
> > 46PSI with
> the starter turning the engine over and drops to 41 after ten
> >
> minutes sitting and remains at 41 overnight.
> >
> > Any
> ideas where I've gone wrong? In regards to the engine, not my
> >
> personal
> > life, please :)
> >
> > rob u
> >
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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