[tempfixit]

Originally Posted by Searles Lewis

Hey, y'all!

I replaced spark plugs today, and the timing is still off. It's not so loud, but the fuel odor and such is still there.

My friend suggested that there is a mini-distributor on the left side of the end, near the serpentine belt, and you can twist a screw that is connects to to change it, but you would have have a timing mark there to know how to set it back. It is still making the popping sound.

So, his other suggestion is that the timing chain itself has hopped off of the gear it attaches to, one of them.

So, my question is,
1. Where is the timing mark to check or adjust it?
2. How could I tell if it is the timing chain in the engine or not?
3. What other ways exist to adjust the timing?

Could I just replace some sensors? Such as:
1. Cam sensor
2. Crank sensor
3. pcm?

Any ideas? Please see my other video about what it is doing.

I thought perhaps since the fuel intake had been spiked with anti-freeze, I could just run something to degrease the engine, but he explained if it was that, the valve compression tests would have shown it.

He is more than likely referring to the cam shaft synconizer.

How do you know timing is off??? Have you checked with a timing lite?