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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Technical Discussion - Beginner / Repair => Topic started by: nuts4hotwheels on December 04, 2011, 01:56:41 PM

Title: Timing issue
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on December 04, 2011, 01:56:41 PM

I know that this isn't a zuki, but I need the help of a Zuki guru  with the wife's minivan.

I have a 1997 Mercury villager with 3.0L SFI SOHC 6cyl engine.

  I replaced the timing belt.  I align the three marks on the pulleys with marks on the belt.  I turned the crankshaft by hand with a breaker bar and every two revolution the marks should align again, right?  Well, every time it goes around twice, the belt is one notch advanced on the belt.

Title: Re: Timing issue
Post by: ebattleon on December 04, 2011, 03:25:54 PM

its not ever perfectly dead on in Sammies...you make the final adjustments at the Distributor.
But I do not know if that's the same in your case.

Title: Re: Timing issue
Post by: Kiwi on December 04, 2011, 05:32:08 PM

Dont worry about the belt. It will not line up until you have turned the engine over many many times. After 2 revolutions check the timing marks on the crank and cams against the engine indicators, not the belt. The marks on the belt are just to help you on the initial setup, not to check after. Good luck!

Title: Re: Timing issue
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on December 05, 2011, 04:11:43 AM

Quote from: Kiwi on December 04, 2011, 05:32:08 PM

Dont worry about the belt. It will not line up until you have turned the engine over many many times. After 2 revolutions check the timing marks on the crank and cams against the engine indicators, not the belt. The marks on the belt are just to help you on the initial setup, not to check after. Good luck!

Okay, thanks!  I will check that and put it back together.

Title: Re: Timing issue
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on December 08, 2011, 03:27:51 AM

Quote from: nuts4hotwheels on December 05, 2011, 04:11:43 AM

Quote from: Kiwi on December 04, 2011, 05:32:08 PM

Dont worry about the belt. It will not line up until you have turned the engine over many many times. After 2 revolutions check the timing marks on the crank and cams against the engine indicators, not the belt. The marks on the belt are just to help you on the initial setup, not to check after. Good luck!

Okay, thanks!  I will check that and put it back together.

I got the minivan running again!

Title: Re: Timing issue
Post by: fordem on December 08, 2011, 05:52:19 AM

Quote from: ebattleon on December 04, 2011, 03:25:54 PM

its not ever perfectly dead on in Sammies...you make the final adjustments at the Distributor.
But I do not know if that's the same in your case.

Let's not confuse cam timing and ignition timing - if the cam timing is wrong, it cannot be adjusted "at the distributor", it has to be fixed at the belt.