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Offline casinoblue

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timing tools
« on: 16 April 2008, 13:43 »
hey guys, my first post, woohoo :smiley:

i bought myself a mk2 16v with 78k (but with a fair bit of 'tidying' to do :tongue:) off ebay a few drunken sundays ago, thank the lord for drunken impulse buying!

anyway, have started stripping the top end down with plans of port polishing the manifolds and head. The trouble is I've never stripped a top end where the camshafts and cylinder head are all part of the same block, so i'm looking for some advise on camshaft removal, and timing the whole thing up when putting back together.

is it going to be good enough to paint mark all the relevant bits, or should i be forking out for a set of VW timing tools (£87 from GSF :shocked:)? the paint mark method could be flawed, as i don't know how well it was timed before, and it was definitely running rich.

another quick question, does anyone know how to remove the injectors from the inlet manifold? have removed the fuel pipe unions, but didn't want to start pulling the injectors apart.

cheers in advance all, will get some pictures of the old bugger in the projects section, when i get him a bit more ship shape :wink:

james   
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Offline Conker

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Re: timing tools
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2008, 16:58 »
Injectors just pull out (but be gentle). Be careful not to leave the injector o-ring inside the hole.

As for timing marks, I've just completely re-done mine a while back, and there was plenty of timing marks already on as standard for me to follow, and I'm a complete spanner newb.


PS... Haynes shows all the relevant marks. They are present on both camshafts, the flywheel (throughg the viewing hole on the gearbox) and the sprockets.

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Re: timing tools
« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2008, 17:58 »
yeah the haynes does actually cover this procedures for all this in a lot of depth, shouldnt be too hard if you've got previous knowledge which is sounds like you have :)
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Offline casinoblue

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Re: timing tools
« Reply #3 on: 17 April 2008, 10:47 »
cheers both,

will give the injectors a gentle tug (oo-er :laugh:) later.

have had a bit of experience in engine re-build. had to re-build a punto sporting engine (don't ask!) when the garage told me it was foobard, when actually the head gasket had gone. 2500 quids for a new engine my arse, £40 for a gasket and timing belt and away we go  :cool:

will check out the haynes manual. can't wait to get the old bugger running sweet.

thanks again, excellent forum this :smiley:
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