Hi Everybody,

I recently bought a 99 Civic EX with 128000 miles on it. Some weeks ago I decided to check the timming on my car. Reading the Hayness I bought for it I saw the factory setting should be BTC12 +- 2.

I decided to go for 14 since it would be a bit better on fuel economy. The problem is that I set my timming light to 14 degrees and I aimed into the 14 degree mark on the pulley. For what I understand this is bad since I put a total of 28 degrees on it? My previous car only had a mark so that was easy but I got confused with this one.

The thing is that I was hearing some knocking (not any pinging) on it and started doubtinhg whether my rod bearing were fried, then I set it correctly puting the gun to 0 degrees and aiming to the 14 mark in the pulley and this knock went away, but I still hear a bit of bearing noise.

My question is if there is a chance of having any other issues appart from that?. Maybe this bearing noise is normal and it was on it all the time. I only ran the car for something like 500 miles and very quietly, I think only one time hitted the 7000 k rpm range. Another thing that worries me is that my knock sensor is bad but anyways I did not hear any pinging on the car at any time.


Thanks!