lkchris
Active member
Just a note about ignition timing ...
... like wheel alignment on a car, you never need to do it.
It's in fact physically impossible for your RS' ignition timing to "go out" and/or need checking or adjusting unless bearings associated with the system are worn and it's wobbling. In that case, you need new parts, as there's no "adjusting" to fix this.
Of course timing may be out if it was done incorrectly last time, but that's pretty silly, isn't it? "Done incorrectly" obviously includes failure to tighten it down, but then if that happened what's to say it only moved "a little bit" from the correct postion? If it's loose it could just as easily move so much the engine wouldn't run. These concepts are simply silly.
I know these engines are getting older and older, but I still think the first thing to check is always valve adjustment. Chances of just about any problem being "timing" are about zilch. In the desert southwest it's always good to check for vacuum leaks related to the fact German rubber isn't so great with this sort of climate.
... like wheel alignment on a car, you never need to do it.
It's in fact physically impossible for your RS' ignition timing to "go out" and/or need checking or adjusting unless bearings associated with the system are worn and it's wobbling. In that case, you need new parts, as there's no "adjusting" to fix this.
Of course timing may be out if it was done incorrectly last time, but that's pretty silly, isn't it? "Done incorrectly" obviously includes failure to tighten it down, but then if that happened what's to say it only moved "a little bit" from the correct postion? If it's loose it could just as easily move so much the engine wouldn't run. These concepts are simply silly.
I know these engines are getting older and older, but I still think the first thing to check is always valve adjustment. Chances of just about any problem being "timing" are about zilch. In the desert southwest it's always good to check for vacuum leaks related to the fact German rubber isn't so great with this sort of climate.