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JSPERFORMANCE · 12-12-2007, 07:26 AM

-26 like tim said is normal, advance is actually a negative reading. The computer is pulling timing as the number gets more to the positive. Have you pulled the plugs yet? How do they look? Is it possible you got bad gas?? The more it think of it it actually could be a possibility.. Did you get gas at a different or shady place last time? If you do suspect bad gas, pull the fuel filter off and try not to spill any gas, then empty the fuel filter into a clear container and let it sit for a little while. If there is water or anything that is not gas in there it will separate and stay on the bottom. The reason I think that it could be contaminated fuel is that the fuel filter will catch the water until it goes past the opening in the side, and you said that when you changed the filter it cleared up for a while, while this could just be coincidence, it could also be a clue.

Sorry if I gave you alot if things to check but with a problem like this I always try the easiest/cheapest things first then go from there.

12-12-2007, 07:26 AM	#4
JSPERFORMANCE NJFBOA Supporting Sponsor Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: HULMEVILLE, PA Posts: 2,023 iTrader: (4) Social Networks:	-26 like tim said is normal, advance is actually a negative reading. The computer is pulling timing as the number gets more to the positive. Have you pulled the plugs yet? How do they look? Is it possible you got bad gas?? The more it think of it it actually could be a possibility.. Did you get gas at a different or shady place last time? If you do suspect bad gas, pull the fuel filter off and try not to spill any gas, then empty the fuel filter into a clear container and let it sit for a little while. If there is water or anything that is not gas in there it will separate and stay on the bottom. The reason I think that it could be contaminated fuel is that the fuel filter will catch the water until it goes past the opening in the side, and you said that when you changed the filter it cleared up for a while, while this could just be coincidence, it could also be a clue. Sorry if I gave you alot if things to check but with a problem like this I always try the easiest/cheapest things first then go from there. __________________ JSSPEEDANDCUSTOM.COM Last edited by JSPERFORMANCE; 12-12-2007 at 07:27 AM.