alligning the mark for the timing belt

[tekung89]

-ur cam is set at TDC (top dead centre/ 12 o'clock)
-the crank and the pulley is also set to 12 o'clock

but the pulley which holds the power steering, aircon and alternator belt has 2 marking:

marking one looks like this --> |||

marking two looks like this --> |

which marking should allign with the marking on the cover? or should the marking on the cover be set in between these 2 markings on the pulley

[OMG.JAI xD]

top dead centre is not always 12 o clock, just to clarify that.
crank tdc can sometimes be 6 o clock or have markings in degrees on the belt covers/case.

unless you have a serpentine belt that connects all PS, alternator, aircon etc etc, you dont need to align it for the drive belts

drive belts require no timing.
the only reason it might have markings on the belt is, if the drive is gear type, in that case evrything should fit exactly.

if im not mistaken, by your info on the side youre doing timing on an eg.
eg has seperate belts, and all are multi v type belts, none with gear type except the timing belt itself.

just make sure youre timing belt is correct and, the rest (aircon, ps, alternator) should just be bang bang, release tensioner, belt on, tension, off you go.

goodluck =]

[ECU-MAN]

the mark on its own is TDC , the mark between the other two is the timing mark ( 16deg or something )

[tekung89]

yep so if the marking on the cover is TDC, then what should it allign with, marking 1 (which looks like --> '|||' ) or marking 2 (looking like this --> '|' ) or should it be in between those two markings.

hope im not confusing anyone

[ECU-MAN]

when doing a timing belt you dont use the markings on the pully and cover.

you set up the valve timing via the markings on the block and pullys.

[fatboyz39]

What ECU-MAN said. You need to take off teh crank pulley. There is a mark on the block wher you line it up too. That is TDC.