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I did it again (Timing belt saga cont'd) 200 1992

posted by  Smitty on  Thu Oct 16 17:15 CST 2003
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This is why we appreciate "non-interference" engines so much!

One way or another, your t-belt was improperly tensioned. Perhaps you forgot to take the 'keeper' pin out of the tensioner, or the tensioner's alignment pin was not in the right place. Even with a basic, static (engine off) loosen-retorque of the tensioner, the t-belt won't loosen enough to cause trouble for thousands of miles.

So now that you've practiced, you get to do it again. Make sure the tensioner is correctly installed. One everything is buttoned up, fire the engine up. With the engine running (careful of the fan!), run your socket thru the hole in the t-belt cover to loosen, then tighten the tensioner. Repeat the tensioning after a few hundred miles, then maybe every 5-10K thereafter.






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