tripp

timing is on the agenda for this weekend, borrowing a timing gun from someone at work.

thanks

Braineack

iTrader: (62)

three things i'd for:


a boost leak.
a potato stuck in my tailpipes.
incredibly retarded ignition timing.

tripp

I am hoping to do the timing this weekend, then the wideband O2.

thanks

tripp

when doing the o2 I will check for potatoes

if not the timing there appears to be something retarded with the way my car is running, hopefully the timing will help

tripp

Unfortunately, I have not gotten to try to correct the issued I have been having with the Miata until today (hoped to do it 2 weeks ago). I was checking the timing and it seems WAY off. My idle is high and not the most constant, which I am sure is not helping. I am posting a (blurry) picture showing where the timing mark I found (and then added whiteout so I could see it) is, compared to the stationary marker.

Any thoughts:

Joe Perez

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Heh. I'm guessing you're not actually idling at 50° BTDC.

Pull the #1 spark plug. Place the oil dipstick down the hole. Rotate the crankshaft by hand (well, by wrench anyway) while observing the up-down motion of the dipstick relative to the mark on the pulley. Ideally, the dipstick will reach apogee when the mark on the pulley is at 0 (or T) on the indicator.

If this is not the case, then the outer ring of your pulley has slipped relative to the hub.

tripp

Thanks Joe! I was looking at how far off that was and thought that something had to be wrong, no way it could run with timing that far off.

Savington

iTrader: (31)

No, you can't. My overboost protection shuts the fuel injectors off at 17.5psi.