Outer Limits 4x4 Board

my idler pully recently seized on the timing belt and now im pretty sure that the timing is out, how hard is it to set it back up? the motor still turns over so hopefully there isnt any serious damage done. any help is appriciated

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Waz

If it was even 1 tooth out on that engine it'd bend valves. What makes you think its out

i am just asuming that its out because i was driving at the time the pully seized and the engine died, plus the idler pully actually spun the bolt out and fell off. So from what your saying it looks like the car might be up for another cash injection. :(

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Waz

Yeah i'd say so if you want to know for sure you could get a belt time it up not forcing the cam or crank pully's to much then compressin test it. but i'm 99.9% sure there a interferance engine.

if the cam stops while the crank is turning, you're boned. if the engine still turns over you have probably broken the camshaft so the valves are all up out of the way.

take the rocker cover off and look for carnage - if none, turn the crank over to 90 degrees before TDC so all pistons are halfway down the bores. then turn the camshaft to the timing marks, then the pump, then bring the crank up to TDC and fit a new belt. turn it 720 crank degrees to make sure it all still turns. then key it, see if you're the luckiest man alive.

thanks for the comments,

dumbdunce, when you say turn the cam shaft to the timing marks what am i lining up with the timing mark exactly? the key? i dont think there are any marks on the cam shaft pully and its the only thing that i can think of. Thanks again

Waz

They'll be there a line on the front of the cam pully and a small cut like a v in rocker cover at the top so when you looking at the face of the cam pully the line is in the same place as the v think thats how they are crank will be a line casted on the alloy housing and a V cut out or casted into the crank pully think thats how they'll be haven't done one in a while.

thanks again,

yeah i just put the new bearing in and the belt back on and turned it by hand but its gets to a point then clunks and stops, i pulled the rocker cover off and the cam shaft is intact but one of the bearing races is broken, so i might just pull it to bits and check the valves etc/re time after i check every thing.

thanks for ya help guys
Waz

I'd say it's had the d1ck if the cam bearing caps are broken chanecs are the cam will be stuffed to.

lol, nothing but trouble, thanks for the help guys, might have to look at a new motor, i have wanted more power since i brought the car, now could be my opportunity.

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Waz