Its a 1992 1.6 Vti
Yep, I jumpered the connector near the ECU. Didn't seem to make any
difference.

'Curly Q. Links' wrote:

> 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'