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justy90240sx »
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Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:52 pm
so i took the car to a shop that was recommended by a friend that only delt with imports and would u belive this. i told the tech what i had done and all the things i had checked. so he calls me 2 days later tells me my cam timing is off but he never removed the valve cover so i paid him for his time and took my car. when i talked to the guy he totally seemed clueless when i talked to him so he was no help just didnt want to trobleshoot and find the problem, but im not here to bad mouth him so im dont talkin bout that. so when i got home i checked what he told me and everything looked fine again the peg on the front cover lined up with the tdc mark on the pully, the distributer was facing #1 plug wire and the dot on and the key way still lined up on the cam. i was baffeled again. untill i realized that the intake valve was full open so thought about it and studied the manuel and the cam and decided to remove the top gear and check that the dowel on the cam was still there and quess what it completely broke off. and spin the cam almost 180 degrees but when u cranked the engine by hand or the starter it didnt spin on the cam it must of done it while running. so the moral of this story is an engine thats in "time" has 130 compression had a broken cam. i have a new one on the way. thanks for all the help everyone it greatly appriciated