How do my timing marks look?

[Cox Abele]

This is my first time doing a timing belt service without a second set of eyes to verify if my timing is dead on. I'm about 99% certain I have it dead on, but figured I'd put these out there. I dialed in the crank by feeling for TDC on #1 since the arrow isn't exactly crystal clear.

This is with the tensioner pulley set and torqued, grenade pin pulled and tensioner arm tool removed.

 

[FIBA M - EC17PSE]

look fine to me, question? whats on the freeze plug on the first pic?

 

[97_4g63t]

If you rolled it a few times and the Grenade pin still goes in you're good. I like to check it with the timing belt cover.

 

[codym]

look fine to me, question? whats on the freeze plug on the first pic?

Looks good to me as well. Kinda looks like a washer.

 

[DSM1G90]

Good looking install. Put the covers back on and have fun driving in as well being safe.

"Happy Holidays!!"

-DSM

 

[miguelmcv]

Looks good to me too, But a picture showing the complete gears on top would get a better view of the marks.

 

[Cox Abele]

look fine to me, question? whats on the freeze plug on the first pic?

It's a re-manufactured head. The company that rebuilds them puts a temperature "gauge" in there. It's like one of those red buttons in a turkey. If it "pops" they know you've overheated the head which voids the warranty.

 

[untouchablecc]

looks good. start that biatch.

 

[FIBA M - EC17PSE]

It's a re-manufactured head. The company that rebuilds them puts a temperature "gauge" in there. It's like one of those red buttons in a turkey. If it "pops" they know you've overheated the head which voids the warranty.

Oh I see, didnt know they do that but guess it makes sense on the warranty part

 

[Cox Abele]

Started and running with the timing covers still off. Got to put it all back together now. Thanks guys.

 

[untouchablecc]

Nothing like dsming on christmas eve haha

 

[Cox Abele]

Well, not that it makes much of a difference any more, however I'm curious about my previous timing job. I've attached a picture of it and am just curious if I was out a tooth on each gear. The car ran great, didn't stumble and never gave me issues, but looking at my timing now and thinking back to when it was done the last time, I didn't see the gears line up nearly as well as they do this time around.

This time I used the Jay Racing tools. The last time, we rolled the exhaust cam before tensioning. Well, long story short, attached is the picture of the gears. In this picture it definitely looks like the exhaust cam is out. We rolled the exhaust cam counter clockwise (moving the intake cam at the same time) and had alignment, however I suspect it wouldnt have been level with the head like I've got now. Looking at the bright red valve cover pic, you can see the intake's marked cog run dead smack into the head surface. Rolling each cam for alignment would have put the marks deeper, making me think we could have been off half a tooth or more at the crank when the cam marks lined up.

Just throwing this out there for speculation. Keep in mind the cam marks did line up when rotated, just lower from where the intake came sits in the picture.

 

[iiNFAMOUSCHRiS]

did you have cylinder 1 at TDC in that picture? ^

 

[Cox Abele]

It has been a few years since I set the questionable timing, but we'll assume #1 was at TDC.

 

[iiNFAMOUSCHRiS]

then it's definitely off a couple teeth.