Engine rebuild

misfire on same cylinders after swapping
the plugs around mate

centre electrodes all the same colour
sort of straw colouring

When its trying to run and we remove the leads 1, 2 & 4 there is no difference but when 3 is removed it cuts out. So it looks like it is only running on 3rd cylinder.

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so the three plugs removed from
 1 2 4 should be wet

Could it be a tooth or 2 out that it can make it miss like the way it is?

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Ok so redid the timing, think it did have a tooth or 2 out, so now its trying to run but still missing a little under excellaration and hunting. Could it be hunting due to lack of fuel, or is timing still out?

What fuel are you using, super or normal unleaded?

Did you mess with the dissy?

Did you adjust the fuel mixture?

that is so amusing  amused
is an under statement

go back to the images mark you can
see a hole where the distibutor would
go obiviously it  has been disturbed

Am using super, dissy was taken out totally as we needed to do oil rings so head and sump was removed with dissy.

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one or two  teeth out will not cause
a misfire  if so so why fit an adjutable
camshaft pulley ? so you can adjust
the valve timing to suit  with ease to
suit variable driving conditions

If 1 or 2 teeth would not cause misfire then what is causing it to misfire. It only runs for few seconds approx 5 and cuts out.

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There is a post somewhere that details how to set your timing up right. I'd have a read of that and go from there.

Here https://vwgolfmk1.org.uk/forum/index.php?page=topicview&id=how-to_2/guide-setting-your-cam_2

Thanks all for the info. Will go over it again just to make sure it is correct.

Ok so checked the timing marks as on pic, also noticed that when running its noisey around the cam side. Like tappets (i know these are hydraulic lifters).

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images are not making any
sense to the the problem
you are issuing

are they definitely hydraulic lifters

Timing mark on the crank pulley is a dot, can't see that on your first pic…

I marked it with tipex, but could not get a better pic with it being aligned

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