just died while driving
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Asked by ksaul Sep 20, 2011 at 06:41 PM about the 2000 Volkswagen Beetle GLS 1.8T

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i have spark and fuel i changed timing belt head gasket camshaft sensor spark plugs turns over fine has good comp. some times it will fire lightly through muffler please help

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Chris answered 13 years ago

are you positive you got the timimg marks lined up exactly right when you changed the timing belt??

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ksaul answered 13 years ago

yes t mark on crank t mark onhead and camshaft pully when i pulled the head #1 was tdc having same problem as i did after car died the first time

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bevan answered 11 years ago

did you ever find out what the problem was as im having the exact same thing , got spark got fuel but wont start , she was running sweet on route to the mot an she just died ?

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