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2.4 timing adjustments

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Tacoktm, Jun 23, 2016.

  1. Jun 23, 2016 at 5:38 PM
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    Tacoktm

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    New to the site, could someone please tell me hot to advance the timing on my 97 5lug.
     
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  2. Jun 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM
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    why?
     
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  3. Jun 23, 2016 at 5:42 PM
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    Just want to advance the timing
     
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  4. Jun 23, 2016 at 6:28 PM
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    ok why? you a fan a ruining pistons or something?
     
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  5. Jun 23, 2016 at 11:05 PM
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    The timing is completely controlled by the computer. There is a timing mark on the pulley to manually check it with a timing light, but there is no way I know of to adjust the timing like on older cars where you can turn the distributor to adjust timing.
     
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