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timing belt

Hi all,
what are the symptoms of a misaligned timing belt?








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    timing belt

    it would be very very difficult for that particular belt to become "misaligned" the cam would have had to walk fore or aft or the crank would have had to do the same....both of which would probably manifest themselves in massive engine failure...aka tie that old block to a rope and use it as a boat anchore....now if you mean the belt slipped or jumpped a tooth as some like to say...well the symptoms are variing, but usually will be a very rough running engine to say the least...such a slip or jump is ususally not too hard to diagnose....turn the crank to top dead center and see if the cam sprocket marks line up with the marks on the cover...(make sure that the distributor rotor is aligned to the #1 speark plug terminal or eles you could be at bottom dead center rather than top dead center.) If the marks line up...all is good in cam land....just as an aside, i have never had one slip or jump...most of the guys I know who have have because of extreme revving or lack of maintainece on the belt and tensioner. what kind of hastles are you having?








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      timing belt

      The changed the timing belt and did some other work on the car - changed distributor at the same time - the car does not start - very noisy grinding when turn the key to run. Just trying to eliminate things one by one and see if it could be from the timing belt or not?
      Is is possible that the car would not start if timing belt is off?
      Thanks
      Stefan








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        timing belt

        Didi you retighten the Tensioner after loosening it to tighten the Belt. The belt will run forward toward the Plastic covers if teh Tensioner is loose.
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