Has my timing belt replacement destroyed engine on my 1998 S70, 225,000 miles ?
I was replacing my timing belt for the second time in my ownership of the car.
All went well the first time but this time appearantly the sprockets moved relative to each other when I just now replaced the timing belt. I buttoned it up and started the car. It started right away, but I heard and odd noise. I shut it down after say 3 seconds of idling.
I checked everything and tried a second start, say 3 seconds of cranking. It would not start.
The timing belt is off now. I have moved cam and crank sprockets.
I thought all would work, if I used a socket wrench to position the depressed (chiseled out) timing mark on the highest part of the tooth of the crankshaft sprocket to line up with the mark on the engine housing (as outlined in Haynes), and then rotated the sprockets of the camshaft sprockets until
their marks lined up with the notches in the plastic timing belt housing, and then replaced the plugs to impeded further movement, and then put the timing belt back on.
I removed the spark plugs and I rotated the engine clockwise (facing engine with wrench) .
It was very easy to rotate the engine. I would say I turned the crank shaft maybe 30 degrees.
I rotated just a couple degrees short of matching the mark (looks like a cut out dash in tooth at end nearest engine) on the crankshaft tooth and the engine mark, and I can not turn the engine any further. It just won't budge. I can turn backwards.
Questions #1 - Can you tell me based on this info, if my engine damaged?
Question #2. If not, what procedure do I follow to get things back in synch?
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