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Old 08-31-2010, 10:32 PM
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Default Ignition timing help.

Smog guy tells me that my ignition timing is retarded. So i try to fix it and the only way i get the 3 marks to line up with the pointer is to advance it all the way towards the firewall. Doesn't that mean i am running lean? Could i have a faulty distributor?
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Forget it, i might have been using the timing light wrong. Update in the morning...
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