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The blue circled dot on oil pump sprocket is the timing mark for you. The early oil pump sprocket comes with an arrow, and the late sprocket comes with a dot.
All come with an arrow now from Mitsubishi, building and engine for a customer and his OEM pump uses an arrow and is a 7 bolt also just to note.
They have a different part number, so it would depend which one you buy. Original is what I said above.
I bought the car about 6 months ago. Is there anyway of knowing if the balance shaft was eliminated?
You can check the rear BS bolt plus on the back of the block as a way but also if you spin this without a belt on it you can generally feel if the BS is connected or not due to how lighter the sprocket is to rotate vs with the original balance shaft connected. Plus if it still has the BS it can fall level and self-rotate.
If you have the balance shaft belt (the small one) you still have the shaft.
You should upload a pic to show us the timing just for in case. I don't know if you set the valve timing correctly but in case if it's off, you would easily bend valves in the worst case scenario.
the car ran before hand started up drove fine when i let the car sit for 2 days i notice timing belt was loose so before driving i just wanted to make sure everything was in time. and i saw the oil pump wasn’t in time. that’s why im asking the question what made me think it was out of time out of no where the car started shaking and boggling down and stalling. i just took more pictures it looks like the right balance shaft was deleted if im not wrong? would they have to delete the rear one also? or can one stay on?
Hiw did you notice belt was loose? If you say in between the cam gears that is not a reliable indicator. Regarding the oil pump the question cannot be answered by the pic except to say it kind of doesnt matter as you don't have the front shaft. It is unlikely you have the rear shaft.
Correct, the RH (front side) balance shaft is removed.
If the balance shafts have been eliminated properly, the timing mark on oil pump sprocket doesn't need to be set. It wouldn't affect performance as long as the crank/cam gears timing marks are set properly. If you still set it or not would be just personal preference.
The issue could be something else. But anyways you should confirm if the LH shaft is also removed or not just to be sure.
