Well, I finally found out why I have to run my car fully advanced. My timing belt is off a tooth or more. How? I dunno, but is there a way I can reset it to TDC without pulling the cam pulley?

And if not, how do I go about removing the cam pulley?

 

Bump.

I have to run mine almost all the way retarded or else it will sputter like no other.

 

Up, my car runs fine, but I would like to get it running like it is supposed to.

 

There is no way to get around it you gotta take it off.

 

You mean the crank pulley???

You will have to take it off to get to the timing belt. Don't worry though, it should be a non-issue if you have access to air tools or one of those crank pulley tools.

 

I have access to air tools. I just want to make sure it is the timing belt before I go at it. And I am not totally sure if that is the problem.