Your Welsh?Broth, my fave, wi a side o popcorn!
Your Welsh?Broth, my fave, wi a side o popcorn!
Managed to get the timing cover out while Cyl head & sump in place WITH crank locked at TDC
The coloured links are not aligning with timing marks , may be the chain walked over the sprocket.?
But within crank sprocket mark & the inj pump sprocket mark (no.6, tippexed), there are 12 links.
see the photoes. sorry for the picture quality. Pleased to have your comments. Note: inj pump still at the upper most postion towards the engine.
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Yes, the woodruff key is there. No idea about the 'bright links' not aligning.
Yet the timing should be okay as within timing marks it got the 12 links.
Now, what else to do?
On top of the engine!
Kapil, didn't you change the fuel pump?
Maybe the issue is in that! Can't remember if you had changed it...
If you mean the 'injection pump', no.
Just commented on the other thread to keep the others informed on the results.
Wammers, if the thrust washer had dropped, the pump would have destroyed by now as the internals hitting the plunger. (from VW AUDI forums)
Agreed, it got to be the inj pump., but the plunger thrust washer NO.
BTW, without the pump shaft key engaged, it will never start as there will be no injection.
It really is time you started listening. I know what i am talking about you don't, please don't lecture me on what is possible and what is not. It is quite possible to tighten the pump sprocket onto the tapered pump shaft without the Woodruff key in place and for the shaft to slip round inside the sprocket and produce what you have. ............................
In that case, it's the pump sprocket to slip around the shaft as the engine force is on the sprocket via chain. The moment that happens, the injection timing will be out as the sprocket's position has moved away from the pump shaft. Also, once it starts slipping no force can hold it. If the key is not there it will continue to slip., Certainly there will be no position like slipping & gripping on & off. Even that's so, initial slip will put the injection timing out and since shaft is not rotating there is no fuel injection. The engine stops & no amount of cranking will get it started. In my case, the engine stopped suddenly (when idling in gear ) & randomly, but starts on the button when it cools down
Also, the position of coloured links on the chain are not important as far as there are 12 raised links in between crank & pump sprockets timing marks (with crank locked at TDC). The cloured links are to assist in the initial setting of timing /chains without much hassle.