Pulling my hair out now!!!! still wont rev past 4500 rpm

[tweed]

noooooo completely standard car 

have you done what I said?

[mervsnart]

yes all lined up, no difference,

[VW BUSH]

have you checked the timing mark on the fly?

[mervsnart]

tell me more??!!

[tweed]

tell me more??!!

if you done what I said then it will line up.

By the way how did you get number 1 piston to tdc?

[VW BUSH]

Timing from bottom pulley can be a bit iffy its got a shty mark on it and it's hard to line it up without looking from the wheel arch.
You can double check with a strobe nice an easy.
99% of the time its timing giving this kind of problem the rest of the time it's the sensor

[tweed]

Yeah sounds like timing to me still

[mervsnart]

so rather than timing it up via crank marks, I can use flywheel marks? if so what marks am I looking for on the flywheel?

[mervsnart]

would stored fault codes affect it, or abs light on?

[tweed]

so rather than timing it up via crank marks, I can use flywheel marks? if so what marks am I looking for on the flywheel?

it really doesnt matter. If you get number 1 cylinder to tdc the timing marks on crank and fly will line up.

Hench why I asked how you got it to tdc?