ChristianPastor
Probationary Member
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- May 28, 2022
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Superior,
Wisconsin
Hello all,
Got a unique issue here that I need advice on. My coworker has a 1997 eclipse turbo. We were in the parking lot at work, looking over the engine and BS'ing as car guys do. We somehow notice the belt on the cam sprockets seemed "not as tight as it should be" and I accidentally pulled it off!
For how easy it seemed to come off, it was a bear to get back on. We were trying everything. We moved with difficulty one of the cam gears (closest to the windshield) A tiny bit in an attempt to get it back on with no luck. Stupid I know.
We finally got it back on. The car doesn't start now. Obviously I suspected the timing was off. I looked up the correct timing for the cam gears. We have both dowel pins in the 12 O'clock position and the timing marks facing each other. The strange part is the mark on the one cam sprocket moves once the belt is put on and the engine turned over (again the cam gear closest to the windshield). I noticed upon taking the belt off again that when lined up, the sprocket in question has a bit of play (2 or 3 teeth worth in a clockwise direction from the 9 o'clock position but not counterclockwise which then causes the mark to be of from the correct 3 and 9 O'clock position which causes the timing marks to not line up again when trying to turn the motor over. Basically the one sprocket goes to the 10 o'clock position. Can we set the sprocket back to say just below the 9 o'clock position so that it "settles" to the correct 9 o'clock position once the belt is back on and the engine turned over?
Am I over thinking this or? I know nothing about these cars which is the problem. I just hope nothing got ruined in the process of being stupid. Thank you for any advice you may have.
Got a unique issue here that I need advice on. My coworker has a 1997 eclipse turbo. We were in the parking lot at work, looking over the engine and BS'ing as car guys do. We somehow notice the belt on the cam sprockets seemed "not as tight as it should be" and I accidentally pulled it off!
For how easy it seemed to come off, it was a bear to get back on. We were trying everything. We moved with difficulty one of the cam gears (closest to the windshield) A tiny bit in an attempt to get it back on with no luck. Stupid I know.
We finally got it back on. The car doesn't start now. Obviously I suspected the timing was off. I looked up the correct timing for the cam gears. We have both dowel pins in the 12 O'clock position and the timing marks facing each other. The strange part is the mark on the one cam sprocket moves once the belt is put on and the engine turned over (again the cam gear closest to the windshield). I noticed upon taking the belt off again that when lined up, the sprocket in question has a bit of play (2 or 3 teeth worth in a clockwise direction from the 9 o'clock position but not counterclockwise which then causes the mark to be of from the correct 3 and 9 O'clock position which causes the timing marks to not line up again when trying to turn the motor over. Basically the one sprocket goes to the 10 o'clock position. Can we set the sprocket back to say just below the 9 o'clock position so that it "settles" to the correct 9 o'clock position once the belt is back on and the engine turned over?
Am I over thinking this or? I know nothing about these cars which is the problem. I just hope nothing got ruined in the process of being stupid. Thank you for any advice you may have.