Resolved 1G I need help.

[ReidU]

60k on a rebuilt 1.8. Going down highway it died. Got spark and fuel. Valves are moving. When I get #1 at top dead center and rotor set to number 1 and turn crank to get number 1 AT DC the rotor does not end back up at number 1. It ends up just shy. What is going on? Is my tensioner fried?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

FYI. The cam stays with the crank. Both valves loose at TDC. I have tried another distributor no go.

Update:: go figure. Pulled the timing belt cover off and it is
missing half the teeth. Yea, 58,200 miles on this motor from powertrain products. JUNK! They will hear from me tommorow!
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[Soccerguy136]

Glad you got it figured out.

Before I finished reading I was actually going to mention that you should check the timing belt area. 60k is around the service interval for a t-belt, but since it didn't make it there, I would definitely call and scream at them. Good luck.

Also, in the future, when you figure out the original problem to a thread, you should tell the admins to "mark this thread as resolved" if you want the info left around for other people's use, or "delete this thread" if you don't.

 

[Dsmkauai]

What's missing teeth the timing belt? Or cam gears? If it just barely off you may be able to save it and get a new timing belt. Please please use oem timing components or atleast gates or contitech! Hope it works out for you bro! The other question is what else is subpar on this motor, id be alittle worried about that. I would be changing all the seals I could with oem and water pump ex....