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So, hello fellows, me again banana: banana:
I have this question following me around because our car doesn’t have the timing belt cover (plastic, broken, gone far away).
So, google and I have been in a dilemma because I believe I have the timing set correctly but I have doubts, for example:
From the mark and I have on my dizzi (I made several, quite close togheter to be as exact as possible):
if I move it to retard the timing (like one notch) the car feels sluggish, lacks power a little, a little delay at the gas pedal to engine reaction (not much but let’s say 10 to 15% less power) but from cranking to engine start-running is almost instant.
if I move it to advance the timing (again, like one notch), the car feels powerful, no delay at gas pedal, but cranking takes about 3 to 5 seconds, sometimes I crank it maybe like 3 turns, let it rest, and on the second crank try it will fire up almost inmediately (I guess is because there is gas mist inside the cylinders already), also, on high speeds (around 3k or 4k rpm, on steep hills, going on the last gear, remember is an auto transmission) I believe I can hear some pinging.
I decided to move to retard like almost half a notch, pinging is gone (can’t hear it, so I guess is there but it won’t occurr around 3k to 4k rpm, maybe higher and I rarely go higher, and live with the 3 to 5 second cranking time.
Also set my carb a little bit to the lean side (like 1/8 of turn), but the real thing still bugs me, what would be the correct steps to set timing by ear?
I know I should get the timing cover asap, but you know how it is here 🙁
Anyways, I will take a pic of my dizzy mark so you can see my setting.
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