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'87 240 Timing Belt Broke-More questions 200 1987

posted by  Don Foster on  Sun Dec 14 02:57 CST 2003
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Hmm. Very low oil and a very tight camshaft suggest that the cam ran dry of oil and might be binding.

If it were my car, I'd remove the cam cover and then yank bearing cap #2 (#1 is frontmost) and examine it for signs of galling. Then I'd replace it, remove #3, examine; then replace it and pull and examine #4.

If there's even the tiniest suggestion that the cam ran dry, you must deal with that problem first. (It's not life-threatening -- that problem can be fixed in your garage, I've done it very successfully with ordinary hand tools.)

I would also be sure that the alignment pin 'tween cam and sprocket is intact. Sometimes, when the cam bearings bind, the pin will shear. Then, when you install a new belt, the alignment marks on the sprockets will be correct but the cam will still be outta time (and can also wander from there).
--
Don Foster (near Cape Cod, MA)






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