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greg lousy wrote:your posts also make me wonder, was the re- torque was done after 1k miles... maybe losing compression through gasket, if everything else is rebuilt

I turned the head bolts 1/4 of a turn at 1,000 miles.

So yesterday I dug out my dial gauge and timed it with that. My problem was two things; when I hillbilly tuned it, I put it at 1.40mm, and the timing was off. It was 1° after top dead center. I set the pump to .95mm and all seems to be well again! I have good power and no smoke. Thanks for the help ...

I do have the clear line going from the filter to the injection pump. I advanced the pump last night and took it for a drive. Advancing the pump actually made the power problem worse and it caused black smoked really bad. Power was okay on the low end, but after 45 I had almost nothing. I ran 3rd ge...

Everything sounds in order, but since you have a problem, everything is suspect. I'd start by advancing the timing - see if it helps. I know, >1mm sounds like a lot, but could be the injector pops are high and delaying injection. How high do you think I should go? Should I try 1.02, 1.03, etc? I do...

I have owned my Rabbit for 6 years now. I decided to have my 300,000 mile 1.6 n/a engine rebuilt by Jack earlier this year. Everything is all in, and runs great but I'm having a couple issues and I don't really know where else to look. I have about 1400 miles on the new engine, and I did a valve adj...

So I recently had my engine rebuilt. It's just hit 1,000 miles and it's time to do a valve adjustment. I have measured my clearances, and I removed the adjustment shims to see what thickness they were. However, I've never had to do a valve adjustment before, just checked them. I don't know exactly w...