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>What order are you adjusting them in? I'm doing it from the Muir book... I do the first cylinder at TDC, then turn the engine counterclockwise 180 degrees and do the second cylinder. Ditto for #3 and #4 >Where do you live? Near Indianapolis. >Can see these valves going up and down? Did you apply pressure to the bottom of >the rocker arm, to help open up a gap at the top? Yah, they move. I applied a lot of pressure with the handle of a screwdriver, they didnÕt budge. I also tried tapping on them lightly with a small hammer to no avail. >Seems surprising that it would be firing. Have you measured the compression? No, I don't have a compression gauge... Could this be a big problem? I know the engine was rebuilt by a PO about 15K miles ago. >> Any ideas on the cause? Fuel system? Spark plugs/wires? Coil? Messed >> up advance? > >None of those things would cause this. It's a purely engine mechanical thing, >or you're doing something wrong. Could the low power thing be unrelated to the #2 cylinder? I appreciate the help, Jim. -Ben --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org