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leeveng 03-20-2021 02:34 PM

1999 Toyota Camry LE 3.0l Ignition Timing
 
My car failed SMOG check because of this code P0420. They are a few possible causes, but one of them I believe is the improper ignition timing. Above the camshaft, it has four timing marks: 15, 10, 5, 0 and the pointer mark points to10. But I used my timing light to check to see how it points to and it points to 15, not 10 (the pointer mark). So I tried to locate the distributor to adjust it to the pointer mark, but I could not find the distributor. Please help me locate the distributor or it does not have one. Thank you very much.

toyomoho 03-20-2021 05:42 PM

There is no distributor. The ign system uses cam and crank position sensors for timing plus the engine computer.

P0420 is typically the emissions converter. A decent ODB scanner would be able to view the AF sensor voltage outputs to determine if the converter is not working.


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