lex2001

I am in the process of changing the timing belt and water pump. Before taking off the old belt I moved all of the timing marks to the correct position and then alligned the harmonic balancer mark between it's bolt and the idler pulley bolt (another 50 degrees) to put the valves in a safe position.

Water pump is in and as I was putting the new belt back on the left cam jumped about 45 degrees clockwise! What do I do now?

Thanks.

masagsxr

Take the belt off and turn the left cam back to the right position. You'll just have to set the timing again... Not sure if this is an interfering engine so u might need to pull the plugs out.

Ears

What would pulling the plugs do? The interference is between the valves and piston crowns. And yes, it is an interference design... Whatever you do, don't rotate the crankshaft until you get a better handle on this. Without the cams rotating, you will surely contact valves and piston crowns. There is a good write-up of this on http://www.lexls.com.

lex2001

Thanks for the replies. The tutorial you mentioned was one I am using.