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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: bigGmv6 on 02 May 2012, 16:32:29

Title: timing belt....
Post by: bigGmv6 on 02 May 2012, 16:32:29

Just setting about changing my timing belt, pump and aux belt, being slightly held up as got sent wrong locking kit but waiting on right one.. have everything stripped of the engine waiting to lock it up but I noticed that the belt is slack where it runs round the second pulley on the tensioner? Just where it is between the two sets of cam (hope that makes sense) but tight everywhere else.. is that normal? Car is running ok?

Title: Re: timing belt....
Post by: Lazydocker on 02 May 2012, 16:35:53

Sounds like you may have timed (pun intended!) the change about right and have had a lucky escape! ;)

Title: Re: timing belt....
Post by: bigGmv6 on 02 May 2012, 17:38:08

Definitely a good job am changing it then..  :)  just a waiting game now till the locking kit arrives.  Thanks for the reply

Title: Re: timing belt....
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 02 May 2012, 18:01:29

Your belt should be still all nice and taught, with the tensioner lines lining up, which lets you know the tensioner was set correctly too :y

Title: Re: timing belt....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 02 May 2012, 18:49:40

There will be a certain strokes of the engine whereby if in a certain position, the far right run of the belt will appear to be a little slack

When all set up properly, with the crank at TDC though, it should be as DLK describes.

Title: Re: timing belt....
Post by: bigGmv6 on 02 May 2012, 20:17:21

Hopefully I get it all sorted when the locking kit arrives..