Poor MPG

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engines had it from the sound of it as it should pull well from 70 to well over the ton relatively easily in 5th.

Even on a diesel box I very much doubt 3rds taller than 5th in a 16V box.

You checked the cam timing?

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nope how do i do that? i dont know much about engines at all , stop laughing u bb Razz

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pull the cambelt cover off and make sure the cams are lined up with the marks on the cam cover. Also check the crank pulley lines up with them.

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confused me already lol

il go take the cambelt cover off and take a photo and u can point out what im lookin for?

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aye

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wel that was a slight pain in the hand to get off lol

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turn the engine so the pulleys white marks line up with the marks on the cam cover. also make sure the white marks on the pulley are actually in the right place, theres dimples on the pulleys, pick the paint off to double check.

they should be both lined up precisely, 1 tooth out will loose a fair chunk of power.

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i see , will check now Wink

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well they seem to be lined up quite well and the dimples are under the white paint , so what next?? Confused

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nice oil on the plugs, theres a missfire under load.

Have you checked the crank mark as well?

if you don't wanna take the bottom aux pulled off put a rod/long extension down the plug hole. it shoudl be at its highest point with the cam markls lined up, rock it back and forth to check.

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that would be redex thats gon on the plugs, does it matter what spark plug hole i put the rod in? and il just check that the rod is at the highest point when the white marks are lined up ?corect Smile

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done that , the highest point is where the white lines meet, so thats fine, i noticed 2 stripes on the actual belt exactly 4 teeth to the left of each cam cog white mark,if that means anything, . so now what should i be checking Smile

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line um up and wheres the red/white lines on the belt? in line with the cam marks and the one on the rocker??

if thats one of the two thas close together i can see it dont look good/right

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nope u look at the bottom picture close up of the left cog u can see the line on the belt 4 teeth to the left of the white mark

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bb don't talk crap when you don't know what your talking about!

so its timed up right, thats a good start how tight is the belt? does it whine? how far does it waggle betweent e cam pullies?

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lol, the belt is pretty tight not much movement at all no whining noises

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if its tight then can feel restricted. There should be about an inch of play with a really good waggle between the cam pullies.

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feelt he tailpipe, how hard does it puff?

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how do i measure how hard its puffing lol ? il put my hand over it

also would it be possible to put the plug leads on the wrong place on the distributer?? another thing i dont know if this is normal but my car gets hot quite easily in town and the fan comes on alot , where should the tep gauge be on normal driving?

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i no that if thats one of the top marks or even bottom one it cant be right

i had one that was half a tooth out and it ran like shite