AAAARGH! Steeda timing adjuster causing computer problems!!!

bark3rd · 06-04-2001, 06:09 PM

I have been struggling with mechanics over the check engine light ever since my adjuster and pulleys were out on. They checked the codes and the computer was sensing a misfire on #1 and #6 cylinders. They ste the timing, re-set the computer and the light came back on later that day. I took it back in and then they called Steeda and were advised to remove the timing adjuster, clean the sensor slot and remove an o-ring on the sensor arm (a step that is NOT in the instructions provised by Steeda). I picked up the car and it runs like a raped ape but after a few miles the check engine light came on. Steeda is now saying to remove the part and send it back. I don't want to do this! My instinct tells me that it is not the part but the fine-tuning of the installation. There seems to be 0 room for errors when installing the timing adjuster. Have any of you had this problem? Can I fiddle with it and re-set the computer myself? Is it possible that the computer just needs to shut up and let me burn rubber? The car runs killer! Please help!

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Black 2000 GT,5 spd,17" wheels,4:10's,flowmasters Steeda pulleys, timing adjuster, K&N filter

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06-04-2001, 06:09 PM	#1
bark3rd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: AUSTIN, TX, USA Posts: 91	AAAARGH! Steeda timing adjuster causing computer problems!!! I have been struggling with mechanics over the check engine light ever since my adjuster and pulleys were out on. They checked the codes and the computer was sensing a misfire on #1 and #6 cylinders. They ste the timing, re-set the computer and the light came back on later that day. I took it back in and then they called Steeda and were advised to remove the timing adjuster, clean the sensor slot and remove an o-ring on the sensor arm (a step that is NOT in the instructions provised by Steeda). I picked up the car and it runs like a raped ape but after a few miles the check engine light came on. Steeda is now saying to remove the part and send it back. I don't want to do this! My instinct tells me that it is not the part but the fine-tuning of the installation. There seems to be 0 room for errors when installing the timing adjuster. Have any of you had this problem? Can I fiddle with it and re-set the computer myself? Is it possible that the computer just needs to shut up and let me burn rubber? The car runs killer! Please help! ------------------ Black 2000 GT,5 spd,17" wheels,4:10's,flowmasters Steeda pulleys, timing adjuster, K&N filter