Orchestrating improved diesel performance with proper cam and injection pump timing. Glow plugs too.

What’s with the metronome, you ask? What does a musical timing device have to do with a diesel engine? Well, with internal combustion engines and music, timing is everything.

Even though diesels don’t have spark plugs and spark distributors, they do require some maintenance and adjustment from time to time. And when everything works together, that diesel clatter from pistons pounding oil into energy is music in itself.

We chose the VW diesel for our first attack at diesel service for a couple of reasons. First, there are a lot of them out there. Second, they use a rubber timing belt to orchestrate compression and fuel delivery. Replacement of the belt gives you a better idea of how it all comes together at the right moment.