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Have your mechanic pull the front cover and check the timing with a light. I had a very similar problem and it was a loose crank shaft pulley affecting the timing. (edit) The toothed timing belt pulley closest to the engine was loose, not the big pulley on the front. Cheers

To update things, the shop came to the party with parts and labour related to the crankshaft timing belt pulley issue. With this sorted and the catalytic converter removed, fuel filter around the correct way and new plugs she nows runs better than ever. I paid for plugs, fuel filter and a bit of...

Should be fine, I'm running an OME lift with 16x8's with a zero offset and 305/70's with no issues that were not easily sorted. The 265's should leave you with plenty of clearance and the -5 will help fill the guards a little more.

Cheers O2SE, most our off-roading is coastal stuff to get access for diving so no spectacular back country scenery sorry. Some beautiful coastline though. Will have a dig around and see if I can find some decent images to put up.

TheDurk, Thanks again for your help, I'm guessing OBDII is some sort of onboard diagnosis? If so, then no mate, we don't have it. But problem solved, not a loose CS pulley but the actual toothed gear that the timing belt runs on was flogging out and loose on the key. Not sure what caused this...

Good questions though!

Thanks Spencer, I'll look into that as well.

Firstly, this is my first post. Have been an avid "listener" for a while now and have moded my '98 Surf using advice gained from this forum. Current setup is OME 881's up front with 891's in the rear along with OME Sport shocks, a 40mm body lift, rear ARB air locker and 305/70/16 BFG A/T KO's...