So, I recently had half my engine apart.
I did a timing belt, tensioner, pass. side motor mount. Pulled the pump off and changed a few seals that were leaking.
Head gasket. 8V dual outlet manifold. All new intake and exhaust gaskets. etc. etc. etc.
Upon reinstalling, i got the timing on the engine nailed down perfectly ( yes ive got all of the fancy tools ).
Then, i moved on to timing the pump. This was my first time attempting anything like this at all, and additionally
my first time actually using a dial indicator. I went through Vince waldens post several times, and followed his directions to the "T".
I was a bit confused by the values on the dial indicator. around the main part of the gauge, there are bigger numbers that range 10-90 and smaller numbers underneath them than go the OPPOSITE way, 90-10. With the base timing set perfectly between the pump and bracket, and those marks aligned perfectly i was at about .90 ( according to the smaller scale number ).
Then what i did was, adjusted the pump so it was at roughly .97
To double check myself, i then went through the proccess again to double check my setting, and the second time when i stopped at TDC,
the pump timing was pretty much exactly on 1.0. Regardless of this, i decided to leave it where it was. I started the car.....took me quite a while to get all of the air out of the line, and due to a cracked line coming from the filter, im still getting a littttttlee bit of air. Regardless of this however......the car was running like complete and udder crap. it was smoking ALOT, and i more or less had to hold the gas down to keep it running.
A friend of mine racked the white smoke out of the exhaust to the fact that i just did a head-gasket job, however....im feeling extremely uneasy about the whole thing. Im used to working on inline 6 jeep engines and old V-8's, so all of this precision and VW stuff is a whole new ball-game for me.
Any advice, input, etc?
All help, as always is much appreciated. Thanks gentlement. Attached is a photo of where i set my pump the first time, " .97"
Thanks!