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Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
"Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message news:mcmurtri-17120D.21143522092003@corp-radius.supernews.com... > > I adjusted the timing by ear ... Why didn't you use a timing light? Wouldn't that have been more accurate? Just wondering. |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
In article <fjecb.1731$RW4.901@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message > news:mcmurtri-17120D.21143522092003@corp-radius.supernews.com... > > > > I adjusted the timing by ear ... > > Why didn't you use a timing light? Wouldn't that have been more accurate? > Just wondering. > > Accurate timing lights cost a good amount of money and I was dead broke at the time. Adjusting the timing by ear isn't to hard. You start out with slightly retarded timing, advance it a tiny bit each week until the engine buzzes occasionally, then retard it until the engine runs quietly. |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
In article <fjecb.1731$RW4.901@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message > news:mcmurtri-17120D.21143522092003@corp-radius.supernews.com... > > > > I adjusted the timing by ear ... > > Why didn't you use a timing light? Wouldn't that have been more accurate? > Just wondering. > > Accurate timing lights cost a good amount of money and I was dead broke at the time. Adjusting the timing by ear isn't to hard. You start out with slightly retarded timing, advance it a tiny bit each week until the engine buzzes occasionally, then retard it until the engine runs quietly. |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
In article <fjecb.1731$RW4.901@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.n et>,
"redeyedevil" <redeyedevilREMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote: > "Kevin McMurtrie" <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote in message > news:mcmurtri-17120D.21143522092003@corp-radius.supernews.com... > > > > I adjusted the timing by ear ... > > Why didn't you use a timing light? Wouldn't that have been more accurate? > Just wondering. > > Accurate timing lights cost a good amount of money and I was dead broke at the time. Adjusting the timing by ear isn't to hard. You start out with slightly retarded timing, advance it a tiny bit each week until the engine buzzes occasionally, then retard it until the engine runs quietly. |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
it could be your torque converter carching up with the engine.... or it could be air whistling, coming in the throttle body... check it out! -- Ez_Cruiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via RealCarAudio.com - The checkmate of the caraudio community. http://www.RealCarAudio.com Ez_Cruiser's Profile: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/m...nfo&userid=749 View this thread: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/s...?threadid=9035 |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
it could be your torque converter carching up with the engine.... or it could be air whistling, coming in the throttle body... check it out! -- Ez_Cruiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via RealCarAudio.com - The checkmate of the caraudio community. http://www.RealCarAudio.com Ez_Cruiser's Profile: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/m...nfo&userid=749 View this thread: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/s...?threadid=9035 |
Re: Civic 97 --- "Boiling" sound from the engine --- Please, advise!
it could be your torque converter carching up with the engine.... or it could be air whistling, coming in the throttle body... check it out! -- Ez_Cruiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via RealCarAudio.com - The checkmate of the caraudio community. http://www.RealCarAudio.com Ez_Cruiser's Profile: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/m...nfo&userid=749 View this thread: http://www.realcaraudio.com/forums/s...?threadid=9035 |
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