can a car missfire because timing belt went out ofcycle?its a 1996 a4 person is saying its old gasoline.
Dec 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM
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It would be very unusual to get a timing belt to move, i would be more inclined to look at tune problems, check the valve timing to be safe, but concentrate on tune items, do a scan as well for unresolved fault codes.
mark (mhpautos)
Dec 29, 2010 at 4:44 PM
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