This makes no sense. I am using the less accurate method of checking chain stretch (alinging marks on cam tower) just to get a rough idea of where things are at, and my result is perplexing. Take a look at the pic...instead of seeing my chain stretched, I am seeing my chain advanced! Normally the pointer would point to the marking to the left of the zero, mine points to the right of the zero about 10-12 degrees! What does this mean...something has slipped, or someone put a too big of a key, or my indicators are not positioned correctly??? What about that piece with the circle in it that is showing 20deg? I haven't seen that in other pics...all other pics show the pointed tab as the one to use to indiccate degrees? Not sure where to go from here.

Original symptom is bad vibration at idle, and have already replaced motor mounts and injector nozzles. Otherwise, car runs pretty good, gets very good mileage (30+), and starts right up, and no smoking. Seems like if the timing was this far off the car would run very badly, right?

Attached Thumbnails