I had nothing better to do today so I got my thermals on and headed to the Farm to have stab at getting her running. I had another epiphany last night about the timing. There is a mark on both cam pulleys and a mark on the crank pulley to set the base timing relative to TDC. I think somewhere...
You don't need an old man car any more then.
I've got one more little thing to try actually. I had another epiphany in the shower about the coil pack earthing out on the head so I'm going to fit one of my patented acetal mounting rails tomorrow and see if that helps.
If not I'll call in the pros.
Update after today's labours.
I managed to guarantee fuel and spark to each cylinder from each coil pack. There is fuel going into the rail and the Cam Angle Sensor fires the injectors and spark plugs. There was still no firing up so I took the timing cover off, after explaining to Rob how...
Minor update. I will be getting this running tomorrow if it kills me, so in that spirit I went to London yesterday and picked up these Rays G-Games in 18". They need a lick of paint but they're nice looking wheels I think.
Yeah. Martin said it was a bad earth on the plenum. I put that negative cable on from my old GTi engine. I think I showed you when you were down. That obviously didn't work as it was a loose ECU plug the whole time.
I'm hoping she's about finished fighting me so I can get her on the road and...
Yeah I know. I forgot to check them as I was all consumed with the electrical gremlins. I've swapped them back to the correct lines now but it still doesn't start. Need to check spark now and see if the CAS is firing the injectors properly. If I can't find the problem I'm going to have to bite...
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