I need some help on my 4g si. A mechanic helped me before to advance my timing by 2 degrees and I need to get the car smogged so i need to adjust it back to normal. Do you turn the cap or the whole housing. Basically, the cap is black and the housing is silver, which one do you actually turn? thanks.

 

the whole distrbutor needs to be turned, it use 2 12mm bolts, loosen them and turn it, but if you don't have a timing light, save yourself the trouble and take it to someone that does

 

3, 12mm bolts

 

You should make a mark (line) on your distributor and on the head so you just need to align them to be back at 15*

 

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nah, i just use 2, speed bolts mang, saves time when adjusting the timing

 

how do you know its 2 degrees advanced? should there be a setting on the timing gun? thanks and sorry for the idiodic questions

 

 

You guy's could tell me if I could advance my Timing in a 5th Gen Lude?

 

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you shoot the gun at the flywheel through a hole, there are timing marks there that you use