well i checked my brothers timing due to black soot and crap out of the exhaust and plugs being crappy. Either it is off by a lot or i am doing it wrong.

i was doing this on a 97 H22A4
first off i just bought the craftsman Advance inductive timing light. I connected the red wire to the positive on the battery and the black on a bolt that goes to the block. then i connected the inductive pickup to the #1 plug wire (if that is the first one starting from flywheel side) and set the gun to ZERO. the car was warmed up as he just came home from work so i started it and pointed it at the hole in the block where you can see the flywheel and the timing marker. well when it was going it looked to be off by a lot. so then i advanced the gun until the the line on the flywheel and the marker lined up which was at about 12 degrees. here is a pic of the gun and where i had to set it to make the marks line up and a video of the gun at zero and hooked up how i said. so does that mean the timing is 12 degrees off or is that just what it is at?





am i doing it right? what is it suppose to be at?

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Modified by j-rome at 10:13 PM 11/23/2007


Modified by j-rome at 10:15 PM 11/23/2007

 

the ignition timing is supposed to be 15 degrees passed tdc. there is a small dot on the flywheel that will say 15 if its an aftermarket flywheel. but put the gun to zero and adjust the distributor to get it to that point

 

jump the connector under the dash when checking timing! it should read 15* BTDC

 

dO NOT ADVANCE THE TIMING LIGHT. Leave it at 0. Jump the connector under the dash and adjust distributor untill u get to 15 degress tdc.

 

Well, you *can* set the light's advance to 15degrees and then set the TDC line straight, or 0degrees and set the timing line straight.

Either way, make sure the engine is fully warm and that the ecu connector is jumped under the dash.

The #1 cylinder is the timing belt side. You were using #4.

 

i'm sorry.. dumb question from me...

Where is that connector? i've been lookin for it for a some time. it is not the same one as used to check trouble codes, or is it?

 

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you cant adjust OBDII distributors, and you cant adjust the base timing.

 

so i cant adjust it?

if i can when i set the light at 0 how do i tell if it is at 15 degrees? i dont see any numbers just a white line


Modified by j-rome at 11:19 AM 11/24/2007

 

That's all there is. Just a line.

 

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No, not on OBD2. Notice how there's no way to rotate the distributor like on an OBD1 engine?

 

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well now that i look i think when i set it to zero if i really look i can see a very small red line with a 15 next to it just next to the pointer thing? or am i seeing things?


Modified by j-rome at 1:21 PM 11/24/2007

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hawkze_2.3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

No, not on OBD2. Notice how there's no way to rotate the distributor like on an OBD1 engine?</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hawkze_2.3 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

No, not on OBD2. Notice how there's no way to rotate the distributor like on an OBD1 engine?</TD></TR></TABLE>

me and my brother have only had OBD2 cars but i know what you mean