Timing belt align to rotor problem.
Tony Lum
tlum at flash.net
Thu Dec 30 20:18:18 EST 2004
At 02:58 PM 12/30/2004 -0500, Denis wrote:
> One day the car did not want to start anymore.
> The timing belt finally jumped the last tooth to keep it running.
> I putted back 1 or teeth to make it work propelly(at least to get back
> home.I was 350km away)
Why is the belt constantly jumping teeth? Is the tension pulley bad or is
it the wrong belt? Later engines have what's called a super torque belt
and its not interchangeable with the earlier belt (the one with square
teeth). Crank pulley and water pump and cam have different shape to match.
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Tony
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