There is also, most times, a small plate on the back of the crank cog that has a beveled notch in it and should be aligned with the woodruff pin, the two parts ( cog and plate ) are one part and move together so if you align the woodruff key at 12 o' clock, the notch should be aligned as well. After installing the belt make sure your alignment marks are set, the "I" on the intake ( left cam ) at 12 o' clock and facing the small dent on the timing cover backing plate and the "E" on the exhaust ( right cam ) aligned the same way as well and your crank cog marking ( woodruff key ) aligned to 12 o' clock and facing the small notch on the front of the block immediately behind the crank cog. Now comes the slightly tougher part, if you got lucky your cams will not have moved, if not then you will have to fiddle around with their alignment and have someone hold them aligned with two 17MM wrenches or something while you reinstall the belt.ħ. ![]() Dont be alarmed if your cams move or snap out of position, it is not a big deal as long as you make sure the crank cog stays put and the engine isnt turned over.Ħ. Take the belt off, you may have to work it off with a screw driver or it may simply come off by hand if it is worn well enough. This will make it much easier to get the belt off and on.ĥ. When the tensioner pully is pushed as far as it will go to the left, tighten the nut. Now with everything aligned loosen the tensioner nut and pry it to the left with a small crowbar or long screw driver or something elongated. Check your exhaust cam the same way as step 3.ĥ. If it is not aligned there turn the crank another 180 degrees and it should be.Ĥ. After aligning the woodruff key to the 12 o' clock position make sure your intake came ( left side cam ) is aligned properly, you will know this when you see the "I" on the cog in the twelve o' clock position and aligned with a small marking or "dent" that sits immediately above the cog on the belt backing plate. This key is what fits in the notch on the crank pully, ignore the small square marking on one of the cog teeth, it is useless.ģ. Once you have access to the belt and with the crank pully removed you will see a small woodruff key on the nub shaft that protrudes from the crank cog. Take all frontal pieces off, inculding fan, fan pully bracket, all belts ( A/C, power steering, and alternator ), thermostat housing and and hoses, fan shroud, then crank pully ( 6 - 10MM bolts around a large 21MM center bolt, dont worry about the center bolt, the pully will come off after removing the 6 outer bolts ) then the belt covers, both top and bottom.Ģ. The other thing you might want to consider is having a free trouble code scan done at one of the parts stores that do them free, and see if that turns up anything. If nothing turns up as far as connections etc., go, I'd see how much they would charge me to pull cover off & check timing belt alignment. I'd give the guy one more chance at making it right, then check at another repair shop, and explain what happen & see what they say. In other words, I don't want to deal with him again.Ī number of things could have happened, moisture in numerous connections, vacuum line may have been inadvertently knocked off or cracked by moving while doing the job, but it could be that the new timing belt was put on a few notches out of time also. He upped the revs a bit to compensate and even suggested me buying a new pair of spark plug cables, while knowing the issue had nothing to do with the wash. When I went back with the issue the first time, he said the problem most likely was because of the engine wash. ![]() In order to wash it he drove it for a few blocks, so he must have felt the initial problem. The story behind it is that he washed the engine after changing the timing belt. ![]() He said he fastened it on both sides (whatever that means). Right now it's working, with an almost unnoticeable noise out of the timing belt box. Because that was not fastened the belt got out of sync, turning the engine off. He told me he fastened the coil that keeps the timing belt tense. I'm not familiar with all the tech-talk so I'm bringing the issue here just to be sure I'm on the right track because to be honest I'm driving the car now with the fear of having it broken again while driving. $100 towing bucks later, the mechanic told me there was a misplaced timing belt coil. The second day after the timing belt replacement, the car broke down on me in the middle of the highway.
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