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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: TheBoy on 30 April 2010, 22:03:16

Title: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: TheBoy on 30 April 2010, 22:03:16

GM V6 uses wasted spark, so therefore has a piston at TDC every 360/3 = 120 degrees?

Following on, that means the safe position to pull the cambelt off is 60 degrees before or after TDC for cyl 1?

Is my logic correct?

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 April 2010, 22:18:20

I know that it must be aligned at 4 pm.. :-/

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 30 April 2010, 22:19:00

Yup, 60 deg before or after TDC

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: dbug on 30 April 2010, 22:19:02

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I know that it must be aligned at 4 pm.. :-/

Why - what happens at 4pm cem??  :) ;)

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 April 2010, 22:20:53

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I know that it must be aligned at 4 pm.. :-/

Why - what happens at 4pm cem??  :) ;)

I'll go take a coffee ;D :y

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: TheBoy on 30 April 2010, 22:21:08

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I know that it must be aligned at 4 pm.. :-/

thats tdc isn't it (pully mark at 4 oclock) ?

Title: Re: V6 'safe' position?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 30 April 2010, 22:23:34

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I know that it must be aligned at 4 pm.. :-/

thats tdc isn't it (pully mark at 4 oclock) ?

yep for #1 piston to be at tdc position  .. I remember some old posts that it must be before not after..