Help! Sudden loss of power, loads of smoke and rattles

[ian2000t]

Originally Posted by RedArrow

Easy fixes are comfy. Great news!!
The suggested 100-110Nm is indeed a lot of torque on that rear pulley.

How does the car feel with the 10-11% increase? It must be very noticable...does it drive/smoke much differently?

Yes, very happy it was a simple fix. You wouldn't have thought so with the amount of smoke and noise it was making!!


Well, the timing is actually now "wrong". When I reset it to 0.9-1.0 last night it was done very crudely, and with the cold start connected. I basically just wanted to know that it would start and get me home. I think it's now more retarded than the 0.88mm it was originally once the cold start has relaxed.

So, I'll look at re-timing it back to 0.98-1.00mm again the weekend... and I'll tighten the pulley properly!!!