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Originally Posted by rabbit640
Just got off the phone with several gas stations in town. BP is the only station that does not use ethanol in their premium gas. Every other gas station in town uses at least 10% ethanol in all of their fuels. Decided to advance the timing on my VX (based on the advice of suspendedhatch). It should give me a small mpg boost, however the downside is that I will have to use premium fuel (but I have to use it anyways to avoid ethanol).
Whats weird is that when I checked the timing, it looked like the dizzy was all ready turned to max!?!?
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I would check to see where true tdc is at.
First align number one cylinder at tdc by watching the rotor come into phase to number one on the dist. cap. Then pull number one spark plug. Then take a long screw driver or something that will fit into the hole of number one spark plug hole. Insert it into number one cylinder's spark plug hole
and by hand turn the crank at the balancer bolt back and forth watching number one cylinder and the screw driver move up and down. Get it to the very top or highest point. Keep in mind there will be some dwell time at tdc so you have to find the middle.
Now check to see if the balancer is on the tdc mark. There are two marks (sometimes three) you want tdc not the advance mark.
What happens on some of the Honda's is the balancer will move within the hub a few degrees.
Also on the dizzys there are a few different types out there, Import, US Z6, A6 etc. So the three bolt tabs can be way different or just a little different.