My guess is that the timing would have to be pretty far off to make the engine stall like that. My other guess is that there's a related issue(s) causing this to happen. tencenlife on thesamba.com Vanagon/EV forum posted a great "full advance" method for timing the engine. Of note one has to identify the correct mark on the crank pulley for this method. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=307893&highlight=setting+timing http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261067
On 9/26/14, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > I need someone to explain the setup for timing the engine. Two different > mwchanic have tried and gotten it wrong. The engine did run now it won't do > more than idle well at 800 rpm. Step on the gas to go and it just quits.
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