92-eagle-talon
15+ Year Contributor
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- Apr 17, 2008
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edmond,
Oklahoma
I just replaced the balance shaft belt and timing belt on my 92 talon. Along with that I installed a new tensioners and idler pulley. I followed vfaq instructions. Now, I left the top timing belt cover off and had someone watching as I tried to start the engine. it started and ran for a few seconds, but the timing belt started "walking" off the outer edge of the intake camshaft. So i shut it down immediatley. The good news is that I was blessed by the good lord to not have bent valves the engine sounded good and strong for the few seconds it was running. Sounded better than it did before the last timing belt shredded.
The guy that had it before me said the timing belt was probably off by half a tooth or maybe 1 tooth. and it seemed like it, the car didn't have the power it should have after
a rebuilt head and stuff. I Know i got the timing "dead on " now. anyway I need to know what would cause the timing belt to "walk" off the camshaft like that ? what should i do to fix it ? Please somebody help, I have a job interview coming up and need this car to be running.
The guy that had it before me said the timing belt was probably off by half a tooth or maybe 1 tooth. and it seemed like it, the car didn't have the power it should have after
a rebuilt head and stuff. I Know i got the timing "dead on " now. anyway I need to know what would cause the timing belt to "walk" off the camshaft like that ? what should i do to fix it ? Please somebody help, I have a job interview coming up and need this car to be running.