White as far as I can tell, it is hard to see as I can only see it out the rear mirror as it is only when under load. Pretty sure not blue though and it isn't just water in the exhaust as it'll do it long after the car is up to temp

Pretty certain I have the timing perfect now, thanks for the help mark1gls. It idles correctly and pulls well throughout the rev range.

Fuel economy is still very poor however. Slightly improved perhaps, but still only 25mpg and I've been driving quite carefully. (I've been trying not to run it dry ...

Tried swapping the motor around, still very inconsistent. Going to try a new stalk, as it works (again inconsistently, but more often) if the wipers are in any of the on positions rather than off.

Cheers, as in swap the rear motor's earth for the front?

Sorry, basics haha.

Front, mk2, RHD

As the title suggests, where does it earth basically? Mines intermittent lately.

Cheers

Good point re. running the fuel low, I had an identical problem with an old MGB, so I know exactly what you mean. I hadn't thought to be careful about it with the Scirocco being a newer car, but you're probably right.

In contrary to that, I did run down my last tank and only got 300 miles. That's ...

You again seem to have come up trumps mark1gls, blocked the vacuum input on the dizzy, set the timing and instantly the flat spots are gone and there's no fuel coming out the rear either.

The proof will be in whether I get more than 250 miles from the next tank of fuel, but thanks in advance, I ...

Cheers for the recommendation both. I'll get a pair soon when funds permit.

Sorry for the late update here, it took me a while to get a timing gun and give this a proper stab.

I first tried doing the timing by ear, things got a bit better, but it was still spitting fuel out the back, with high fuel consumption.

I then got my timing gun, the timing I had done by ear seemed ...

Sorry, took me a few days to try all this out. Thanks so much though mark1gls, followed your instructions and indeed looks like the last cambelt was fitted lazily and the timing adjusted to make up for it. I lined up all the cambelt marks etc and adjusted the position of the dizzy, ran almost ...

Ah, yes, one would hope it had been changed then!

I can see the photos though yep, don't fully understand the whole thread to be honest, but with the pictures plus what you've just posted, I've got an idea how to check it. Thanks.

It's a 1988 car, so would presumably be the same as your cabrio?

I ...

Pretty sure it's not an air lock, but the cam belt positioning is interesting.

Would that not cause power loss though? It's not really down on power.

Afraid I've not really done work with cams before, so my knowledge gets a bit spotty here. I'd just take off the cover and check the marks right ...

Cambridge - which is an arse of a place to get to from pretty much anywhere :/

Just a quick note, I'm not swapping for a Weber. You might think that is the best thing to do, fine, but Pierburgs can work and I'm trying to get mine too.

So I gave my car to a local classic car mechanic (non-specialist) to do a cam-belt change on my Scirocco, as it was a bit much for me to do at ...