Timing gun killed my car
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Timing gun killed my car
1990 ef sedan d15b2 block head with multi point fuckover I say fuckover bc this multi point has fucked me over going on five years now. I buy a cheap timing gun today on offer up I get the timing just right a couple seconds later my car dies and now now start.
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How does it idle better now that you adjusted timing and you use a timing gun to adjust timing.?
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I had the car on it’s been starting up fine. Just the idle has been a little off. So today I bought a timing gun. Set the timing by adjusting the distributor. Filed a little better then died. I won’t start anymore
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Nothing fell off when I was using the timing light but I was shocking myself pretty good every time I went to adjust the distributor so I grabbed a rubber mallet and tapped on the top of it where the mounting bolt is to mount it forward and back
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You probably blew the coil. Replacing it and the plug wires is likely to fix the problem.
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It started this mornin. I wish I would have left the timing where I had it after adjusting it. I tilted it back and forth again after it died and didn’t want to start attempting to get it to start again. So as it is rn it’s not spot on but it runs so hopefully it will get me to the shop where I made an appointment to leave it. That’s what I was thinking that it was the coil so I went to check for spark this morning and It fired up. This is the first time my history of me being on this forum where I came here for help then went to my car and it turned on lmao thanks y’all
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Ok... I'll try to be a little helpful now that you explained the scenario.
Your updated replies change the story to "used timing gun and now engine won't start".
did you disable the electronic timing advance before setting timing with the gun?
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did you just hook up the gun and try to adjust?
Your updated replies change the story to "used timing gun and now engine won't start".
did you disable the electronic timing advance before setting timing with the gun?
OR
did you just hook up the gun and try to adjust?
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Yes on the paper clip in the blue connector.
So feed back that I got was possibly the pump isn’t reaching all the way down or put more gas in it. It was low. I put gas in it and it wasn’t violently jerking when I accelerated anymore. I thought it was a wiring thing when I got to 1900rpm. He checked all wires. All good he said. On my way home I was still having to watch the idle so it didn’t die. He also said my cat is clogged and broken inside. I went to the muffler shop rn and fixed that it’s a lot better. He also said if that doesn’t help. Get the best spark plugs I can. I have those ngks that are labeled under the hood but he said I should get even better ones. He did a leak down test on the cylinders. Some odd stuff was happening but he said it might get better with more mileage on the fresh rebuild. There’s about 20 miles on it as of now. I still don’t know what really happened with the timing gun. Like I said the next morning it started up lol Before I started it that morning. I put the distributors placement somewhere in the middle then tightened the bolts and when we checked it at the shop it was dead on lol
So feed back that I got was possibly the pump isn’t reaching all the way down or put more gas in it. It was low. I put gas in it and it wasn’t violently jerking when I accelerated anymore. I thought it was a wiring thing when I got to 1900rpm. He checked all wires. All good he said. On my way home I was still having to watch the idle so it didn’t die. He also said my cat is clogged and broken inside. I went to the muffler shop rn and fixed that it’s a lot better. He also said if that doesn’t help. Get the best spark plugs I can. I have those ngks that are labeled under the hood but he said I should get even better ones. He did a leak down test on the cylinders. Some odd stuff was happening but he said it might get better with more mileage on the fresh rebuild. There’s about 20 miles on it as of now. I still don’t know what really happened with the timing gun. Like I said the next morning it started up lol Before I started it that morning. I put the distributors placement somewhere in the middle then tightened the bolts and when we checked it at the shop it was dead on lol
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