The 2001 Subaru Legacy 2.5-liter engine is an internal-combustion engine. You should regularly trial the ignition timing to receive the most outside of it. Diurnal driving or yet infrequent driving can toss off the ignition timing. You can allot the timing back to its exactly setting with a rare tools and mechanical skills. The 2.5-liter engine has an ignition timing of 20 degrees before top dead centre with an automatic transmission, or 14 degrees before top dead centre with a guide transmission.
Instructions
1. Stadium the vehicle in an sphere outside from traffic. Turn on the engine by placing the indispensable in the ignition. Turn off all accessories and Accoutrement in the vehivle.
2. Way out the vehicle and settle turn chocks under the wheels of your van. Settle the transmission in impartial whether you accept an automatic transmission or 1st gear whether you admit a handbook transmission. Exercise the emergency brake, rev the engine and confess it to hot, reaching an lazy rush of 700 rpm.
3. Produce trustworthy the emergency brake is firmly busy before you Way out the machine and dehiscent the hood. Connect the timing light to the No. 1 spark plug and the main crankshaft pulley.5. Shine the timing light on the crankshaft pulley and the cylinder head.
Engage the gift train clout module by turning the brisk inoperative rush on to deal in the engine glowing.4. Connect the timing bright's red clip to the positive terminal of the battery before you connect the black clip to the negative terminal.
Observe where the timing mark falls by looking at the main crankshaft pulley and comparing the timing to the degree tab on the front of the engine. If the ignition timing is set to an ideal ignition timing, remove the timing light, close the hood and turn off the engine. If it is not, go on to the next step.
6. Find the distributor lock-down bolt, which is usually located at the base of the distributor housing. Loosen the bolt with a wrench and disconnect the distributor vacuum hose from the distributor housing. Plug the distributor vacuum hose into the electronic spark computer and ground the carburetor switch with jumper cables. You can now adjust the ignition timing.
7. Rotate the distributor by hand until the timing mark on the main crankshaft pulley aligns with the desired degree tab located at the front of the engine. Twenty degrees before top dead center is recommended if you have an automatic transmission or 14 degrees if you have manual transmission. You should not deviate too far from this or you will risk damaging the engine.
8. Unplug the distributor vacuum hose from the electronic spark computer, reconnect it back to the distributor housing and tighten the lock-down bolt. Remove all of the timing light connections and disengage the powertrain control module. Close the hood to your engine and remove the wheel chocks.
