[Kuban]

Originally Posted by west_side_supra

the engine has 160k miles on it, the cam markings on the block that are spose to line up to the markings on the cams dont match up, there cam on the passenger side is lined up with the mark, while the cam on the drivers side is off what looks like 2 degrees, off by a noticable amount, like this much ---
i dont know why, but this would make the valves open at incorrect times. the cam gears are the stock ones not adjustable. and the lug nut thing works fine, its not leaking at all so i dont care, i know they sell the caps at napa i used a bunch of them on my camaro.

Thats alot of miles bud. You didnt indicate anywhere that theres a new engine in the car or that the timing belt was replaced at any point in history. id say your timing belt is tired. Get yourself a new one, re-time the car lining up cam gear notches with timing notches on the car, set the crank at 0-deg. then id say time it with a timing light and see if the problem persists. It most likely wont. Even though those notches are only off by a little bit, thats alot as far as how much a valve is open.