1996 vw cabrio has jumped timing

Asked by harleyguy059 Nov 03, 2015 at 09:09 PM about the Volkswagen Cabrio

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

do i have to pull the head  thanks

1 Answer

F_O_R answered 8 years ago

There is a good chance that your valves are bent. A compression test might rule that out or confirm it so I would do that before pulling the head. Did you fix the problem with the timing yet?

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