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If you hooked the timing light up properly, it should only show the timing marks when the #1 cyclinder fires. Considering how easy it is to hook up a timing light,I feel it safe to assume that the problem is elsewhere. The only other reason for a jumping timing mark would be that there is a speed mismatch between the distributor (and the firing of the #1 plug) and the crankshaft, where the timing marks generally are. I can think of 2 possible causes. - Is the distributor being driven at the correct speed and ratio? It should be running at half the speed of the engine; 2 revolutions of the crankshaft equals 1 revolution of the distributor rotor. However either replacing the distibutor with the wrong one or (more likely) stripped gears will screw this up. - Is the rotor actually spinning at the same speed as the distributor shaft? Though most distributor rotors are keyed to the shaft, this isn't always true. My Honda stalled on the road a few times after the set-screw fell out. Friction would drive the rotor at a rapidly decreasing and increasingly mismatched speed, so the engine would run oddly for a few seconds before dying. A timing light would've made for an interesting show whenever that happened. Rolfo adds: If your distributor has a vacuum line going to it and there is a leak somewhere, like a little hole in the diaphram of the vacuum advance, or in one of the vacuum lines, that would do it. Also I have seen a sloppy fitting distributor cap vibrate back and forth causing a similar symptom.
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While setting timming the timing mark jumps back and forth whats wrong?
Broken or weak spring on the timing chain tensioner? Worn out timing chain doesn't seem possible on a Festiva, mine's never been replaced and just turned 334,000 miles. I once had a problem with a Chevy Luv that threw me. It idled perfectly, like a clock, with 120 PSI on all four cyl, but rev it up any, and it backfired and went back to idle- Timing chain tensioner problem, they have two tensioners or guides.....
When you do a timing check on your 1974 6 cylinder engine the timing mark jumps back and forth a couple of degrees you think it has timing gears instead of a chain you would like to find out why if it?
The make would help. Some used a timing chain and others used gear to gear. The distributor could be worn also.
What happens when a Nissan Pathfiner jumps timing?
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Is a 1999 Daewoo leganza a zero clearance engine?
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How do you know when your timing jumps in an '87 Ford e150?
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If the timing belt jumps on a 1997 Mercury Tracer will the valves bend?
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When a car jumps timing can it warp the heads?
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Chevy 350 engine every time is set the timing tighten down the dist and start up it jumps?
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71 vw bug doesn't turn off correctly it jumps and cuts out?
Timing way retarded.
