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geodon Wolfsburg Wizard

478 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Apr 2009, 8:35 am

#708351

I'll post this just in case someone else is silly enough to do the same thing!

I went to set the tappets on my KG (1600TP), fanned out the feeler guages to locate the one I always use- it's easy to find coz it's bent @ right angles to get in the gap- yep it's got a 6 on it.

Funny! Why is the one in front got an 8 on it & the one after it got a 10? Well shoot! I've been setting them to 9. I read the damn thing upside down!!

Upshot is when reset to 6thou the engine went as quiet as a mouse & on its regular weekly trip of 320km, it only used 23.6 lites of fuel instead of 25.

donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 22 Apr 2009, 12:26 pm

#708371

Ha ha and lol couldn't imagine me making that mistake, well not more than twice anyway.👍😂😊

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Apr 2009, 4:04 pm

#708395

geodon wrote:I'll post this just in case someone else is silly enough to do the same thing!

I went to set the tappets on my KG (1600TP), fanned out the feeler guages to locate the one I always use- it's easy to find coz it's bent @ right angles to get in the gap- yep it's got a 6 on it.

Funny! Why is the one in front got an 8 on it & the one after it got a 10? Well shoot! I've been setting them to 9. I read the damn thing upside down!!

Upshot is when reset to 6thou the engine went as quiet as a mouse & on its regular weekly trip of 320km, it only used 23.6 lites of fuel instead of 25.

Mine has got 007 & 008
and i'm thinking of only carrying the 006 007 & 016 feeler gauges...
I use the 007 to check the 006 isn't too wide...
I have heard of owners doing them to 007 ..

My 006 is also very easy to find...
its also the bent and scratched one...

LEE

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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 22 Apr 2009, 4:18 pm

#708400

i bet the neighbours loved the sound of a sewing machine coming up the road 😂

dont worry we all make silly mistakes somewhere along the line

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7,671 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 22 Apr 2009, 4:47 pm

#708403

nice one.. 😀

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1,036 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 22 Apr 2009, 9:04 pm

#708471

At least you didn't get the metric and imperial mixed up *cough*

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