Car hesitates, misfires at idle..wtf

[Kaiser]

Usually when people say timing they don't mean anything about the timing belt, they mean the distributor. The adjustment bolts can loosen and the distributor can wiggle after a while. It doesn't happen ~often~ per-se, but it happens often enough.

[Barefoot]

timing doesn't "just jump" like alot of ppl say...sure it happens, but rarely. if the timing belt is very old and worn, then maybe it might.

Usually when people say timing they don't mean anything about the timing belt, they mean the distributor. The adjustment bolts can loosen and the distributor can wiggle after a while. It doesn't happen ~often~ per-se, but it happens often enough.

im talking about in general check both takes a few seconds to do so why not.