mike300z Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Got my 1989 subaru GL Ea82 spfi running after sitting for 3 months. The passenger side cam gear BROKE into pieces on the highway and had to tow it to my parents where it sat in the garage while i replaced the wheel bearings and timing belts etc. Now its running I think the timing might be advanced alittle to far maybe 25 deg but runs good until you give it more than half throttle then it stutters. I have checked the timing marks MANY times and a friend set the distributor to 30 deg with a timing light. I bumped it back a hair but it still is not running right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Distributor shouldbe set at 20 deg,. maybe youa re running out of timing advance being 10 deg higher than normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Was the timing set with the green diagnostic connectors (near the windshield wiper motor) connected? (They should have been.) Are they connected now? (They should not be.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike300z Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Was the timing set with the green diagnostic connectors (near the windshield wiper motor) connected? (They should have been.) Yes Are they connected now? (They should not be.) No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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