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Re: 93 90s Hot start problem
AFAIK, this is a pretty tough job. I have reasonably detailed
instructions on how to do this job for a '93 100CS with the V6, but
here's what I've heard about the 90:
> The factory procedure calls for
> loosening
> the cam sprockets so that you can turn them (to get the teeth to align
> with
> the belt) without altering the timing. Doing with without that tool
> seems
> sure to leave things a little hosed.
>
> (On my motor, the cam sprockets didn't even have timing marks! Makes
> sense,
> though, since if you follow the procedure, there isn't any fixed
> relationship between the sprocket and the cam timing...)
(I think Chris N. posted this one)
'course I haven't needed this job yet--at about 38K miles the dealer
noted the engine leaking oil from every orifice, and the oil was getting
on the timing belt--paid about $175 (after some choice words and a few
phone calls) for the same bit--belt, water pump, seals, tensioners.
As for that big plastic thing on the bottom, there's this annoying
little clip on the front of the front spoiler that holds it up; that was
probably broken as well as it's the part that's the hardest to deal
with.
--
Elliott
"... Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise
anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear
and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..."
( Plato, "Phaedrus" )
DelHackl wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Here is the list of parts and prices that I paid. I honestly wanted to do
> this job myself, but time was a limiting factor. They did an ok job, but I
> learned my lesson that if you want it done perfectly, do it yourself. They
> ripped off the bottom cowling, when they could not figure out how to get it
> off.
>
> Timing belt $ 98.80
> Water pump $136.30
> Crank seal $ 10.95
> Timing belt tensioner $ 78.95
> 325.00
> 5 hours of labor
> @$65/hr $ 325.89
>
> total w/ tax $ 659.94
>
> David H.
> 93 90S
> 86 5000s