Gti 2E engine problem

[dansmk3]

thats it had enough!!!! she wont work and she aint gonna work!!!! she wont even tick over now!!!

i give up!!! grrr

i probably wont but thats how im feelin right now!!!!!

ANYONE IN KENT THAT DOES CAM BELTS??? COME HELP ME OUT!!! PLEASE LOL

[Rmachines]

Have you broken your Hall sensor on the dizzy?   New dizzy time if you have, will stop it from starting, and if its taken a clout, could well be the case...  You not left it unplugged have you?  (2pin plug on the dizzy)

[dansmk3]

Naaa that aint unplugged! That got plugged straight back in!

Did I take it out when doin temp sensor? Now u got me doubtin maself! Lol!

All I know is its been a month of the cam belt going! All pistibs are fine as per pic replaced with a second hand head off of a running gti and the bloody thing won't run!

Iv even left lower cam casing off so I can make sure I aint a tooth or nefin but sometimes it does go a bit wonky from the tdc! However the belt is bloody tight between crank and aux then upto cam and tensioner! I really don't get it!!! Lol

[Rmachines]

Cambelt should NOT be tight,  there is a specified tension,  should turn through 90 degrees on the longest stretch with finger and thumb pressure.  Over tight belt will cause issues,  and will snap very very quickly   

Unless the new head has cracked or somthing stupid like that, i take it you torqued it all down correctly?

I really cant think of much else it can be  :embarassed:

[dansmk3]

Yh mate all torqued up! Even tho I tensioned it up tight I can still turn the longest sttetch 90o!

I think my last ditch effort is take it all back off, get both heads and take all valves out and inspect em, if thisnew head I got off ebay has any bent valves ill be screwin! Bloody false listing!

How much drama is reseaing valves etc? This is the only other thing I can think of doing! Or wait for a compression tester to arrive? But I needed my car 3weeks ago!

[Rmachines]

Compression test it first,  then might be worth thinking about having the head off.  If there is a bent valve they usually sound very tappity as the lifters tend to stick.

[dansmk3]

will do mate.

just seen halfords sell compression testers for £23, so think il go buy one of them and see what my engine is saying!

if compression is all good in all cylinders i really dont know what else it could be!

[dansmk3]

right guys time for the compression test results

All results are in BAR

Cyl 1 - 13.5

Cyl 2 - 13

Cyl 3 - 13

Cyl 4 - 13

now to me that all looks good slight deviation on the first cylinder but thats nothing major

which direction to head in now then? there cant be much left to try. unless take head all off again clean up all valves om both heads that i have and find the 8 best ones.

or rent a garage and make my dub a project car sooner than intended

so any more help and advice would be great guys! sorry to be a pain on this god damn issue lol

[Screech16v]

Feelin your pain mate,this thread keeps poping up, just wish you could get it sorted ,you say you got your leads in the right firing order,did you remove your leads from the dizzy cap at any time,which way does the rotor arm turn when cranking the engine,anti clockwise or clockwise? just a thought

[dansmk3]

Feelin your pain mate,this thread keeps poping up, just wish you could get it sorted ,you say you got your leads in the right firing order,did you remove your leads from the dizzy cap at any time,which way does the rotor arm turn when cranking the engine,anti clockwise or clockwise? just a thought

alright mate?

everything got removed. rotar arm rotates clockwise when cranking so when everything was aligned the leads got put back in correct order. where the rotar arm was pointing when at tdc the node it was under is my no1 then 3, 4 and 2 so i know that that is all on correctly.

im going to try a new ignition coil as the spark is not great on my number 1 plug.

one thing that i did notice when removing the plugs to do the compression test was that my no1 plug was really badly coked up which shows a rich mixture yet the rest of the plugs had hardly any grime or anything on them. they were relatively clean