What else should you replace when changing the timing belt?

**cbauto** · 06-11-2013 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by mocchi

how is it different?

b18 manual says lobe-rocker
k20 manual says valve-rocker

both same tappet design

wat

same design maybe, never seen kdwap setup. might blind me.

but different lengths and shape of pivot will make difference.

just like big potato is big and small potato is big too.

get me?

**rhys.l** · 07-11-2013 07:19 AM

Righto. The distance valve-rocker is smaller than the distance lobe-rocker.
We may have done it differently. It's much harder to get the feeler on the valve, and it probably isn't a nice flat straight surface under there.
Every case is different - I'm happy to stick with what the manual says and have my engine work properly

Edit: there's a chance something happened and one or more of the valve-rocker clearances were too tight. Seems unlikely because Adam checked them quite a few times, but I didn't check them all before re adjusting it lobe-rocker. Either way I'm happy because my engine is okay now

**cbauto** · 07-11-2013 07:55 AM

I bet pope stuffed it up on purpose so you would kdwap.

Warned you about it, didn't I.

**rhys.l** · 07-11-2013 03:40 PM

Hahah, you did

**Adrian @ SAS** · 07-11-2013 07:05 PM

Good to hear you got it sorted... Strange that was the issue, but I guess it comes down to feel, tools etc...
The method that went wrong for you works for me, but then again, I'm old & have done it plenty of times before.
Ah well... guess that was bad advice then lol

**lolmclol** · 07-11-2013 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by cbauto

I bet pope stuffed it up on purpose so you would kdwap.

Warned you about it, didn't I.

inb4 ~

Originally Posted by TbM

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**rhys.l** · 07-11-2013 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by Adrian @ SAS

Good to hear you got it sorted... Strange that was the issue, but I guess it comes down to feel, tools etc...
The method that went wrong for you works for me, but then again, I'm old & have done it plenty of times before.
Ah well... guess that was bad advice then lol

All good Adrian. I might give it another go your way at some stage, triple check everything and stay the looser side of the tolerance ranges. There's no doubt the engine was quieter like that, and it felt like it had a little more mid range too. Not worth the possible idle dramas for me at the moment though.