1996 Volkswagen Jetta timing belt

Tiny
KARL88
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  • 1996 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 177,000 MILES
I changed the timing belt in my car because the one in it went bad. The car was at a dead stop when it went so I don't think any valves got deamaged.I put the cam gear=number one piston =roder all at tdc and installed the new belt. The car runs great for first two-three miles then some loss of power and some bogging down. This happend before but I changed the plugs roter and cap and it ran fine untill the belt went.
Friday, May 29th, 2009 AT 7:55 PM

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Tiny
JUL18
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Sounds like you missed it by one tooth.

If you want to do it right move the tooth on the camshaft in one directio n and if that makes it worse move it 2 teath in the opposite direction

If you have a distributor you might be able to adjust it for some improvement - don't expect miracles though.
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009 AT 4:21 PM

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