They are close to but not at TDC one.

They are non interfering Mark’s, the place where the pistons will not touch the valves during any rotation of the crank and cams aligned to these marks

Yikes. Modern engines with alloys don’t like overheats. You can ease the tension of seeing the gauge or Rex light with a no contact IR temp reader to map out temps in your engine so you can know where things should be

Sounds like a good reference thread

That clarifier, courtesy of Professor Potato, is completely correct

Many points awarded for sticking to it, Brenda !

It’s starter bypass unfortunately does not bypass the PnP switch

Move the coils around to see if the misfire codes change. Probably, you need two new ones

The rear. Bracket is redundant and isn’t the problem If you still have your old starter make some measurements on the gear and pinion to see if it matches your old. It’s definitely true that the rebuild quality has deteriorated and wrong parts can be used even from “ reputable “ rebuilders. I did ha...

Don’t buy the aftermarket one if you go for a part, mine lasted one year. Go Volvo here and cry once. Ok, FCP had to cry on this one.

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Let’s eat, Grandma.

I helped my Uncle Jack, off a horse.

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