Vortec camshaft retard offset

[hquick]

I guess I should have followed this up. No, you don't have to start/stop the car every time.

[buffalosep@yahoo.com]

Hi gang,

My buddy has messed with the distributor positon on his '99 Vortec, and the service manual says to connect the Tech 2 and look at the camshaft retard offset and adjust if necessary. Is there a PID in the new release for V2 to check this? I've looked and my old eyes can't see one that seems to fit the bill. Thanks for any help you can give.

you must have the #1 cylinder on top dead center on the compression stroke and on the distributor it has a #1 ref. mark built into the housing. align the dist. pointer re-stab dist. making sure it is still aligned. this will correct the cam and crank sync.

[buffalosep@yahoo.com]

[QUOTE=buffalosep@yahoo.com;68948]you must have the #1 cylinder on top dead center on the compression stroke and on the distributor it has a #1 ref. mark built into the housing. align the dist. pointer re-stab dist. making sure it is still aligned. this will correct the cam and crank sync.

[bmd2_colo]

Awesome info, thanks. Added to my scan tool dashboard... My Cam Offset was at ~-4.0 deg. At zero now, thanks guys.

Digging up the 5 year old thread... lol