Anonymous
07-01-01, 12:09 AM
Ok,
Today I decided just for once to forget that my car is rusting to nothingness and have a peek under the bonnet. Recently I had been getting quite poor mpg (probably due to that ?25 full magnex system that I found in a scrappie). I had been told that buying a timing light and reading the section on timing in the haynes would be beneficial.
Went out, bought timing light, did the stuff by the book and I have these problems:
1. Where do you have to look from to gauge that the timing mark matches the notch on the pulley at the bottom off the engine. (1.3) I assumed that it was directly overhead and tuned it accordingly - is this correct?
2. When I connected the timing light to cylinders 1,2 and 4 the timing mark matched the notch exactly, but when I rigged cylinder 3 up, there was no notch to be found.
3. The haynes explanation for doing the timing isn't too good, can anyone direct me to a good description?
Toby
Today I decided just for once to forget that my car is rusting to nothingness and have a peek under the bonnet. Recently I had been getting quite poor mpg (probably due to that ?25 full magnex system that I found in a scrappie). I had been told that buying a timing light and reading the section on timing in the haynes would be beneficial.
Went out, bought timing light, did the stuff by the book and I have these problems:
1. Where do you have to look from to gauge that the timing mark matches the notch on the pulley at the bottom off the engine. (1.3) I assumed that it was directly overhead and tuned it accordingly - is this correct?
2. When I connected the timing light to cylinders 1,2 and 4 the timing mark matched the notch exactly, but when I rigged cylinder 3 up, there was no notch to be found.
3. The haynes explanation for doing the timing isn't too good, can anyone direct me to a good description?
Toby