fish wrote:
>
> Can anyone help? I'm tearing, what little is left of my hair, out at
> the moment.
>
> When adjusting my ignition timing by moving the distributor I am unable
> to line the crankshaft casing mark with the center 16degree timing mark
> on the pully. The distributor is rotated as far as it wil go towards
> the firewall. Its still a few degrees off.
>
> I have checked the cam belt timing a number of times now looking in
> case the belt has slipped by a tooth but it looks spot on. I have even
> tried adjusting cams back one tooth but the car would not start.
>
> Currently with the distributor as far towards the firewall as it will
> go, the car will idle fine but when driving the car has little power.
> It gets noticeably worse when the car is warm.
>
> Is there anything else that could cause the ignition timing to be so
> far out? Any sensor that could cause the ECU to advance \ retard the
> timing?
>
> Any help is appreciated.
> Graeme.
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What YEAR is the vehicle, and did you put the JUMPER on while setting
the timing?

'Curly'