So i did a another nose job on my 95 2.2 lx . 340xxxx.... i forgot to tighten an idler and the belt flew off. Replaced everything and tried to restart and its off timing. Won't fire, even after alighning the marks. Where do i go from here?

did a tab break off the crank sprocket or did the crank position sensor get damaged?

No I don't believe so. It all looked good when i put the new belt on. The first time when i forgot to tighten the idler the belt just came off and the engine stopped. Could one of the cams be 180 deg off?

more than likely you used the wrong mark on the crank sprocket.

any check engine code?

and yes check that the same or crank sensor weren't compromised during the flailing belt episode.  should show up as a check engine code to if you scan it.

 

if it's not that, the belt is probably just installed incorrectly or off a few teeth.

 

the cam can't be off 180 degrees unless you don't have the mark lined up properly - you'd have to purposefully install the cam 180 degrees off - mark pointing down, but who would do that?

 

1. line up crank mark

2. line up cam sprocket marks

3. install belt

4. release tension

5. rotate to verify marks are correct

 

it'll start

Edited February 27, 201412 yr by grossgary

Ok, thank you very much i'll try again this evening. The crank sproket has a notch with a mark and should be lined up with notch on engine , correct? thats what i lined up to.

another question. Does it have to stay lined up? For instance if i tighten the crank pulley bolt and it turns the engine a bit. Would that cause an issue?

Ok, thank you very much i'll try again this evening. The crank sproket has a notch with a mark and should be lined up with notch on engine , correct? thats what i lined up to.

 

there are two marks - use the dash on the very back of the sprocket.  seen on the right in this photo:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f207/BigBadSubaru/0423091040.jpg

 

people use the wrong mark often, the triangle at 6oclock in that photo i think.

 

how the engine turns over is meaningless.  as long as the timing marks are set - they are set, purely mechanical. it's not electrical or anything fancy, secret, or magical - the engine could never "know" that it was turned by:

1. hand

2. transmission (popping the clutch)

3. combustion

4. the starter

 

it's all the same.

 

it's all the same. it's very simple and nothing secretive or magical about it.  with those three marks properly lined up - you're done, purely mechnical.  nothing else matters.

and if any of those little tabs were broken off, you will need a new sprocket.

Ok thanks guys. I really appreciate the help.

Re- did everything and she started up! Thanks again Gary. Belt must of slipped or somethin cause the markings were way off?

easy fix, awesome!