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Is your accelerator cable opening the throttle completely? Could it have slipped? Adjustment clip came off? Hadn't thought of this, it's a good possibility too though. This is on a Rabbit, right? On those there is a little bushing that sits in the top of the accelerator pedal; that can wear through...

Josh wrote:I'll loan you my vw210 to check it with if you want.

Thanks -- if you weren't 1500 miles away I'd consider it... but I feel OK about the tension at this point so I'm good. Appreciate the offer.

I took video of the engine running with the belt cover off, to see how much the belt flapped around when running. Turns out, pretty much doesn't move around at all. I think I'm pretty happy with where it's at in terms of tension based on what I see here, but if someone else feels differently I'm all...

Definitely sounds like a fuel restriction issue. No smoke in all of this, I assume? You may have gotten a bad batch of fuel. That could be causing the problem directly, or it could have plugged the filter up and now that is giving you the trouble. Fatmobile will tell you to put a vacuum gauge on you...

I'm not saying you can't get by with a re-ring job, but there's a catch-22 situation in the making. If it's really doing 60 miles to a quart, to me, any ring sealing product is at least worth a try. It can't hurt much anyways. However, the catch-22 situation is that you won't know how worn your cyl...

When I got my Rabbit it was using a quart every 80 miles, just about like yours. The starting and compression were good so I knew it was just bad or stuck rings. Tried Rislone to unstick the rings, but it didn't do anything. Might help on yours if that's the problem, but I think more likely you'll h...

And just to be clear as well, when properly tensioned using the correct VW tension measuring tool it takes very little effort to twist the belt past 45° and so seems, to me, nullify the "45° belt twist" as an effective method of gauging proper tension. Andrew OK, this is good informatio...

On someone's suggestion at TDI Club, I tried the "twist test" on the belt, trying to see how far my fingers can twist it when the slack is between the two further pulleys (in the proper spot where it is when running, as seen in the second video posted above). I can get it to maybe 80 degre...

Thanks for the comments! 8) It's nowhere near perfect. I've been working on installing new injectors, adjusting valves, setting timing, doing a new valve cover gasket, checking the timing belts (two of em!), and doing general maintenance. But it is a really delightful car to drive. I'll put up some ...

Yep, they are the same. The D24T uses 1.6TD injectors (155 bar), the D24 N/A uses 1.6 N/A injectors (140 bar?? I forget the pressure). they will drop right in no problem.

I also have found using the tool to tighten the tensioner on the 4-cylinder engine absolutely unnecessary. I just use my hand on the tensioner roller, like you do, and that is plenty. It is possible to make it too tight even without the tool. The looseness you see in my 2.4L's belt is, of course, wi...

I swapped a GTI wheel onto my 81 Rabbit to get rid of the nasty original 2-spoke wheel. Piece of cake and much nicer to look at and use.

OK, this is on my Volvo D24T, not a 1.6, but similar engine with similar risks from the timing belt (aka, interference engine, identical internally to a 1.6TD). Popped the front covers off today to look at the timing belt situation, and found it pretty floppy. I had one guy tell me this was OK but I...

It starts very well in cold weather so maybe it will be OK. Don't have the ability to do a leakdown test, but I'm hoping for the best...

Those are great suggestions. I will probably rebuild the engine at some point and add some extras to boost engine life at that point. Definitely a block heater at the least and maybe something in the lube system as well. It was taken care of as best the guy knew how, which is why the interior and bo...