wright

Timing belts are not that hard to do. The first thing is to make sure that the car is at TDC with the number one piston being at the top of the cylinder. Then you need to check two things. One is to make sure that the crank shaft is aligned with the mark on the oil pump. The second thing is to make sure that the cam gears are straight with the head (making sure that the up marks are facing to the sky).

After you have the belt on loosen the tensioner and then re-tighten it and turn the crank (CC) until you see the cam gears move three teeth then loosen the tensioner pulley, and tighten it one more time then you should be done.

It is wise to turn the engine a few full revolutions to make sure that it all aligns up.

bLu92bUbbLe

yea...i did all that...shit was still loose...but im fed up...ready to burn the shit....ima try again in the am.....thanks

wright

^^^^^HAHA

What water pump did you end up getting? From the reading that I have done you need to match the belt to the water pump.

bLu92bUbbLe

its a gsr...22T....i see n other threads ppl r saying pry up the tensioner with a screwdriver or sumthing...im gonna try that....damn i wish i had a shop...i dont wanna wait til 2morrow...

enot767

when i did mine it was loose because i didnt properly tighten the the tensioner.

bLu92bUbbLe

wats properly tightening a tensioner....plz explain

sleepinEG

where u from im in richmond maybe we can see wats up

bLu92bUbbLe

i got it...BUT!!!! it still feels like its loosing power from 1-3k....

burnoutboy

Did you recheck the timing after it's all tightened? Sounds like maybe it jumped a tooth while loose.

bLu92bUbbLe

nah i took it all back off and put it back on...i lined erything up