V5 Engine, which end is Cylinder 1?

[GoodDoc]

One of my colleagues has a MK IV Golf V5 with a misfire. He has a new coil pack, and using an ODB2 reader we've worked cylinder 4 is misfiring, but we don't know which end of the engine the cylinders are counted from. A quick google has throw up loads of info on the engine, but not where cylinder 1 is.

Can anyone help?

[xjay1337]

Normally is left to right..

[ManOpener]

Just ignore cylinder 6.

[GoodDoc]

So the cambelt is at the 5/6 end, the belt driven accessories at the 1/2 end?

[ManOpener]

AFAIK yes. That's the way it is on the VR6 and I doubt they'd reverse it just because they lopped off a cylinder.

[fangio]

And all my life I believed no.1 was at the front, i.e. the pulley end. Was on every engine I ever worked on.

But then, I learn something new every day!

[vinnie01]

i always thought No1 was at the gearbox end

[fangio]

vinnie01 said:

i always thought No1 was at the gearbox end

Why would you count back to front?