Awesome, thanks for the information guys. If mechanical valve timing is fine, then I'll just add the missing degrees across the whole table and be done with it for now--maybe I'll do a blacktop CAS in the future. Presumably crank timing is still off in relation to the cams, but 3deg is within...
I was under the impression that the ECU used the cam sensor to determine when to fire the coils and injectors, and given ignition timing is non-adjustible on a 2g, if I'm seeing 2deg with a light and the timing connector grounded, wouldnt that mean the intake cam is 3deg retarded from the crank...
If I wanted to fix this issue, what would I need to do? I can bandaid it with ECMLink, adding the missing timing across the entire map, but that wont fix that valve timing is 3deg or so off in comparison to the crank. To fix this for good I would need adjustable cam gears?
I'm the second owner, it came to me at 100k, and I've had it for the last 15 years--not 100% certain but reasonably certain it's never had the engine apart. Not much had been done to it at all when it came to me. It did have a timing belt change at least once as it had a NAPA belt on it years...
This was my thought too. The car wasn't with me for it's first timing belt change, but I did the second and third, and despite changing to various different brands of components, and replacing the idler arm, as long as the car has been mine this is where the timing belt has been on the gears...
Replaced it with a new OEM balancer about a year ago. Shows no signs of cracking or separation.For lack of a better idea for what could be wrong mechanically, I added 2deg of timing to the entire timing table in ECMLink. This should be an acceptable solution, right?
I just did a timing belt change on my 96 TSIAWD and I was verifying base timing and I noticed it's off. I checked ground timing connector in ECMLinkv3, and used a timing timing light. ECMLink was reading 5deg but I was seeing the mark just off "T," or what i presume is around 2deg.I checked...
Yup, it still happens after the engine has ran; in fact, it was like this before I did the 120k service on this car back in 2014, and it's ran like that for roughly 20-30k miles. I followed the procedure in the manual exactly, and had about 4mm clearance between the body of the hydraulic...
So the water pump went out on my 96 TSIAWD and I'm in the process of replacing it and all the timing components while I'm in there. Is it normal that my timing belt rides so far to one side of the cam gears? It's always been like this, and I'm not sure what, if anything, is wrong. Also notice...
That's a USDM Valve cover, at least. Also looks like a 2g manifold. Unless only the engine hand head were swapped and the rest retained, i doubt this is an evo engine. They usually turn up in America as fully dressed longblocks.