Hi guys

My inlet Cam appears to be 18 degrees advanced or my crank is 18 degrees retarded.

I have had a few beers
But
If the stray bolt locked the gears up on the end of the inlet cam then surely the inlet cam is going to reduce speed dramatically meaning it would be hard for the intake cam to advance?

equally
The momentum of the crank would cause it to advance when the intake cam locked up, not retard?

Also
If the crank pushed the belt round the cam pulley a couple of teeth this would cause the opposite fault in the sync.

Maybe I am way off the mark or have missed something, I will double check tomorrow.

What do you guys think?

If my thinking is correct then the garage may have overlooked some damage on the Cam or something has been incorrectly installed?

The engine seems to run pretty sweet with the Cam sensor unplugged,
but
I will definatley stick the WPS in a cylinder on Monday to confirm (if access permits)

I do not think I mentioned earlier,
The garage has not touched the timing belt side of the engine (all parts fitted were on the back of the engine) so this should eliminate human error with the physical timing of the engine.

Cheers
James