96 Miata Hesitation below 4000 rpm
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Call your local auto parts stores and ask if they have a timing light you can borrow, then limp your car over there and check it. Mine drove about like that when my timing belt skipped a tooth and was running retarded timing, so that could definitely be the problem. It doesn't cost anything to check & adjust so I'd do that before buying any parts.
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So you have a CEL on too? If you have a 96 then you're OBD II and should own a code reader (and a timing gun). They are inexpensive tools and quite handy. But yeah, the auto parts store can probably pull codes for you too.
If you can't get it to time properly no matter how much you rotate the CAS, then your timing belt isn't on correctly. I guess it might throw a CEL for a misfire or something seemingly related to the O2 sensor if the timing was fux0red, but maybe not. I have a 94 so I dunno how your newfangled diagnostic systems behave.
If you can't get it to time properly no matter how much you rotate the CAS, then your timing belt isn't on correctly. I guess it might throw a CEL for a misfire or something seemingly related to the O2 sensor if the timing was fux0red, but maybe not. I have a 94 so I dunno how your newfangled diagnostic systems behave.
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