ready to torch my car
hey
i removed my timing cover, removed the timing chain/sprocket, removed the sprocket that drives the balance shaft, replaced the chain/sprocket, and put it all back together.
Car was cranking over fine but wouldnt start due to a faulty CAS (couldnt get the stupid thing on properly with the plastic thing that holds it, so i ditched that and just bolted in the cas)
Now when i turn the engine by hand, it turns until it gets to a certain point... then it refuses to go any further. Almost like it's hitting something
Likewise if i turn it the other way... turns until it gets to that same point, and wont budge.
Wont even budge with the starter.
What could this be?
maybe the bolt that you used on the CAS?
took the balancer and cas off... no difference
Sounds like you've got the valve timing out of whack and a valves hitting a piston.
if the timing is not right, and you have been trying to turn it over with the starter,there is a good chance that a valve or 2 is hitting the piston and more than likely you now have a bent valve. take the timing cover back off and double check that the cam timing is spot on. and another nother note..only turn the engine in the correct direction of rotation.
Last edited by python_hunter1; 29-10-2009 at 11:06 PM. Reason: add to post
everything sounded okay before... i dont know how this could of happened
i give up, anyone want this car?
yeah ill take it off your hands
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which cog did you take off the little one on the balance shaft itself
I tune the oldschool way fear on the passengers face and knuckle colour cant go wrong
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yeah the one about the cam shaft sprocket
Almost not here!
is this any help?
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well the torching is on hold just for a minute, i took the timing cover off and the engine turns over fine...
so i have no idea now
put it back together, started it up and its making a horrible rattling noise.
on top of this my sump is full of water.
i guess it could be the timing cover leaking. i dunno, i give up. If my engine's not completely rooted, i'll pay someone to fix it i guess
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When you took the timing case off again, did the marks in the timing gears line up? It sounds as though you've put the gears on without lining them up and have damaged some valves
If so its gonna be an expensive fix... Someone will have to remove the heads and reco them, new valves and maybe guides if they're damaged too then some new head gaskets and put it back together. Last time I priced it, it was about $600 for a head reco job but thats if you remove the heads yourself etc. Probably a similar price to do an engine swap these days.
How did you get water in your sump? Didn't you drain the fluids before taking the timing case off?
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yeah they lined up... everything was fine. I turned the engine by hand, and also just with the starter, everything sounded fine.
I'm wondering if the wrecker i got the timing cover from has given me the wrong one... which may explain why water is going straight into the sump, and perhaps its not getting oil which would explain the rattling i can hear.
Are there differences in the timing covers? It certainly look the same from the outside, and bolted up the same.
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where are u located? if your in perth i will fix it for booze
really?? marangaroo
what do u think it is
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could be wrong timing cover and wrong gasket, folowed by timing. its a pre ecotech yes? did the gasket look right and the timing cover to, its always better to compare. vs timing cover looks the same but is different with the oil jackets. sumtime its easier to take the old timing cover in to an ally roo bar place and get them to weld it. about 30 dollars.
ok took the timing cover off again and compared the two... they look the same. It musnt be sealing properly i guess. There's 2 bolts that i broke... thought i'd get away with it but obviously not.
One is the bottom one that holds the CAS... broken flush with the block, can't get it out at all. So i got someone to put a heli coil in the timing cover so i could screw the CAS in.
The other one , the thread is stuffed and its near the coolant line, i guess this may be the culprit. I dunno
anyways mate if your still keen on fixing it for me let me know!! I've had enough!
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those bolts need to come out i have spare bolts here. they are in the spots as it needs to be there . do u have msn? i should be able to get the bolts out and possibly fix the thread in the block . i will have a look tomorro in my tool box. did u scrape the old gasket off well and use gak? im just up in mundaringOriginally Posted by ryan1980
yeah mate add me, rpinkerton18@hotmail.com
only way to get that snapped one off is to drill it out, nothing is sticking out
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easy peasyyeah mate add me, rpinkerton18@hotmail.com
only way to get that snapped one off is to drill it out, nothing is sticking out
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