At first I thought maybe the last person to do this just lined it up with the marks on the plastic cover because with that at zero with the hash mark it is really close to zero on that gauge but with checking the number one cylinder it is in fact in line with the mark on the motor so the other two marks are off? confused not sure what to do with this has anyone else ran into this problem or can some one tell me how to adjust this to get it all back to tdc? The car ran just fine before just gonna replace it because the water pump went out so yeah any and all help would be great cause cant find crap in the Haynes manual I got about adjusting it. will upload a couple pics in a minute thanks

Edited May 21, 201411 yr by stud06

cant get pictures to upload but can email pictures from my phone if u post ur email

what u mean? which marks are supposed to line up? not to familiar with timing belts never had to change one before

thought all three where supposed to line up?

Turn the engine until the crank sprocket has the key for the crank pulley facing down.  Now look at the cams.  The arrows are at 2:00 and the notches on the edge of the cam gears are at 12:00.  

 

Pretty good photo from google search:

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/shankskank/OBS/obs7-1.jpg

couldn't figure out how to post pics from my phone so I posted a new topic but here is the pic with the two outside ones lined up and the center one off by this much

if the cam marks are lined up properly - and that's the same crank picture as when the cam marks are noted - then it's wrong.

can you post a picture of the cams too and everything in one shot?

i'm very hesitant to recommend changing the timing belt on a perfectly running engine, that doesn't make any sense.

 

how badly did the water pump fail?  is the water pump pulley compromised, thereby throwing off the timing artificially, like when bearings go out and the outer pulley isn't properly centered anymore.

 

normally with this question, someone is simply looking at the wrong marks.

 

that belt has more cracks and grooves than the moon, looks like it brushed up against the exxon valdez, it was used to paint white trim in a house, and the belt is improperly installed or noted. we need an auto-sherlock holmes section of the website.

 

i'd be replacing that belt while you got it apart or looking for a good used one, i've got some lying around. 

ebay or Gates amazon kits are like $80 for all new pulleys and the belt - good for another reliable 60k.

Edited May 21, 201411 yr by grossgary

going out right now to get another couple pics and I put the duct tape on there....

 

got the car for 400 used from a tow yard so yeah

do u have a email I can send these pics to after I get them would be easier to email them all at once then go threw and resize them since u can only upload a 2mb picture?