How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
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OK I think I have had enough coffee now. Time to go work on the car.
OK I think I have had enough coffee now. Time to go work on the car.
random noob question of the day: isn't a turbo supposed to spin freely? I just bought a used one (greddy td04h) and it doesn't spin freely by hand, or even move for that matter. if I recall correctly, the k03 in my jetta did.
I waited for 8 years. Is a great feeling of relief once you get it. 
It wasnt. I turn the engine and every time the marks would line up at the top the markings on the timing belt were off by a lot. I think that I have to adjust the cams, due that every time I try to align the marks on the cams correspondingly the cam shaft snaps into position, and then I have to toy around with it to get the cams to somewhat align.

It wasnt. I turn the engine and every time the marks would line up at the top the markings on the timing belt were off by a lot. I think that I have to adjust the cams, due that every time I try to align the marks on the cams correspondingly the cam shaft snaps into position, and then I have to toy around with it to get the cams to somewhat align.
**** the markings you put on the belt, you need to line the crank back up to TDC (notch on cog) and then look at the two cam marks, should be back on E and I again on that back plate after 720°.
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Does anyone else ever feel slightly odd about foods whose packaging or advertising depicts an anthropomorphic caricature of the product itself, inviting the purchaser to eat it?
not at all. maybe if i use a ratchet to turn it, but using my fingers, I cant get any movement.
edit: using a ratchet, it turns but it is not smooth at all. when I turn, it feels like it's binding/hanging up on something.
edit: using a ratchet, it turns but it is not smooth at all. when I turn, it feels like it's binding/hanging up on something.
Last edited by redfred18t; Aug 7, 2010 at 12:31 PM.
.The TDC notch and the I/E marking line up, the belt doesnt.








I thought EVERYTHING had to align the same way as it was mounted. I take it that as long as the TDC, and the E/I marking line up, and there is 19 teeth in between timing should be good?