Date:         Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:18:33 -0400
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: timing does not advance
Comments: To: Chad Morris <chad@ALLMORRIS.COM>
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By unplugging the temp. sensor II you cause the computer
to not adjust the timing.  ITs sounds to me as if re-installing
this connection, the computer is still not working.
                                                  Eric

Chad Morris wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I followed procedures outlined in a posting by Mark Keller to set the timing on my '89 Carat, automatic.  According to his instructions I set the timing so that the mark on the pulley (which is supposed to be the 5 degrees BTDC mark) lines up with the case seam while the engine runs at 2400 RPM.  No problem there.  However, as I understand his instructions, above 3000 RPM, the timing should reach a total advance of 40 degrees.  On my engine the timing does not advance at all.  No matter where I set the timing at idle, at higher RPMs the timing does not change at all.  Can anyone explain this?
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>Chad Morris
>89 Carat
>Salt Lake City, UT
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