If you have plug wires, you can use an inductive timing light. Instructions will be included.
has the engine run since new timing belt put on? if not whoever did the work, didnt get the timing right.
99 zx2 has a non interference engine. This means if the timing is off or the timing belt breaks, no damage will occur to your engine. If you replaced the belt and your engine runs rough, misfires, bucks, that means you didn't put the timing belt on right. It's got to be put on perfectly with the crankshaft at TDC and the cams aligned. Have fun. If you can figure it out, you can take it to a Ford dealer to have the timing belt put on properly.
RF tire, lower belt shield, accessory belts, crank pulley, ps pump, AC lines, right engine mounts, right engine mount bracket, outer timing cover.
It might help to specify the engine. Anyway, the first place I'd look for it is behind the timing cover. VW likes to put them there.
To fix a Mitsubishi 2.0 timing belt, one will need a crank pulley. Simply pull the crank pulley and the top right engine mount to put the timing belt in its proper position.
That engine doesn't use a timing belt.
The only thing you can do is set the basic timing by ear good enough to get it running If you just put the distributor in the engine. The timing is not ajustable it is controled by the computor. It requires an engine scanner to set the timing, not a timing light.
You can not use a timing light to set the timing on that year engine. The ignition timing is COMPUTER CONTROLLED. If you have not fooled with the distributor then there is no reason to adjust it. But if you have bother it then you will need an oBDII engine scanner to put the timing back to factory specs.
Connect timing light. remove vacuum line and plug to put engine in base timing. loosen the Distributor hold down, turn the dist. left or right to set it with the timing light. tighten the hold down. replace line. White out makes it easier to see the timing marks. the stock timing is 10 degrees
you need to pull your timing belt set your cams to zero they have timing marks and crank your engine to tdc and put your timing belt back on make sure everthing is at zero or you will not be able to get your timing right by moving your distributer.
some one put the wrong balancer on the crank. or put it on inside out...
Honda never put a 2.2 liter motor in any of it's cars in 1986.