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Originally Posted by BackroadBomber
I've checked the plugs, it has terrible compression but it always has, don't know what you mean by check the cam but I just remembered that my timing belt is loose. It has about 1 1/2 inch of play when I press on it, but the timing's steady ( I checked it with a timing light) maybe ill replace that next week and see how she runs. It's the original timing belt from 1993 182,000 miles ago so it's probably time for a new one anyways
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timing light will not show anything related to the timing belt. you're mixing ignition timing(light) with valve timing(belt/cam).
timing belts generally don't last to 100K miles, let alone 182K.... 60K is a good interval for most engines.
a stretched belt will essentially act like a retarded cam, lower RPM power/economy tends to suffer while higher RPM benefits.