sakman84

My car has symptoms of bad timing. I called Honda and they said that in order to chekc the timing I need a timing light. Is this true? I think the timing belt may have slipped a tooth or something. I want to check the cars mechanical timing, if its good its time to go back for a retune.

Artifex

You don't need a timing light to measure cam timing. A timing light is for ignition timing, which should not be on your list if you suspect tbelt issues first.

Yes, the gears and crank pulley are marked for timing. Make sure those are aligned first.

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sakman84

thanks for the reply. thats good news I didnt wanna pull the cover to check only to find they are not marked. I just got back from training at the Yakima training center US Army, so I'm a little tired but maybe this weekend I'll get started on finding out what is going on.