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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: neimis on April 22, 2008, 08:13:03 pm

Title: Is this cam timing acceptable?
Post by: neimis on April 22, 2008, 08:13:03 pm

I just checked the cam timing today, and took this photo. The cam was locked at TDC, but the flywheel was off by this amount.

(http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j102/thing_01/IMG_2719.jpg)

I realize that it would be better to have the timing dead on, but is this amount of misalignment a big problem? I'm having clatter and white and black smoke issues. Thanks for any help.

Title: Is this cam timing acceptable?
Post by: burn_your_money on April 22, 2008, 08:42:56 pm

So basically your cam is retarded in relation to the crank.

What is your pump timed to? cam or crank? How many millimeters?

Title: Is this cam timing acceptable?
Post by: neimis on April 22, 2008, 09:11:56 pm

Yes, the cam is slightly retarded in relation to the crank. I don't know whether the pump is timed to the cam or crank. I asked for the timing to be set at .95 mm

Should I ask my shop to redo the timing? The engine has never run this poorly in the 14 years I've had this car...

Title: Is this cam timing acceptable?
Post by: burn_your_money on April 22, 2008, 09:20:11 pm

If you paid someone to do that timing I'd be bringing it back. And I'd make sure that they understood that I wasn't paying anything for them to fix it.