DIY Timing/Ballance Belt replace. Video

[ECU-MAN]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!




Do this DIY at your own risk. Get your valve timing wrong, pistons will bend the valves, you could cost your self thousands of dollars in damage to your engine.


this DIY is aimed at the more confident exprerienced back yarder. not newbies.



Aim: Change Timing and Balance belt
Required:
- 10mm spanner
- 14mm spanner
- 12mm spanner
- 10,12,14,17,19 mm socket 17mm deep socket is good to have
- 1/2" drive breaker bar
- timing light
- big screw driver

Click here ( right click and download ) 23Mb 22min long


Due to the complexity of doing a timing belt, I have made a video, if your doubtful, dont bother trying to change your timing belt your self. get a pro to do it.

if your confident, and are unsure on what needs to be done then watch this video and get some ideas.

the video is of a F22B type engine which has a balance belt.

DOHC and SOHC and non balance shaft motors are all the same concept, even quad cam, just harder to do.



as you will see in the video, you need to get access to the front of the engine if the engine is in the car, this means undoing and removing the altenator belt, aircon belt and power stearing belt.

undo the top front engine mount, suporting your engine with a Jack.

then follow the video.


BIG NOTE



dont get your valve timing wrong. look at your timing marks with your old belt on. make a good note of how it should be. Fit your new belts with the same markings.


do not force your engine to rotate, you could bend stuff. With the spark plugs out, your engine should rotate freely, no sudden compression fights.


after you have replaced the belt(s). and have put it all back together,

when your ready to start it. ( make sure you dont have a socket on crankshaft bolt.) start it up, make sure it sounds right.

turn it off.

fit the SCS connetor to bridge your ecu puting it in self diag mode ( where it tells you the fault codes ). engine light should come on the dash when you start the engine. allow the thermo fans to come on at least twice. then set your ignition timing as per the specs.


remove the SCS connector and road test.


during the road test make sure the engine has power and does not lack any power during acceleration.

also make sure it does not ping.

if its gutless and does not drive like it did before, you F@%ked UP. you will have to strip it all down and reset the valve timing.

thats prety much it

please let me know if you have any questions.











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Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

[michael_antoi]

is it possible for the timing belt to be too loose and the timing of the camshaft and crankshaft pulleys to be in sync still?

nice writeup btw

dloading as we speak

[ECU-MAN]

yep, but there is a limmit before it starts to jump teeth

you will hear a horible noise when you start it up.

flapping type sound

[michael_antoi]

ahh ok - its not that loose but would it being slightly loose cause any problems?

i think mines is a bit loose.


haha just watching this vid..

u went nuts on the crank pully bolt.!

[michael_antoi]

also - i dont quite understand what u did to hold the tensioner in place...

[ProECU]

"Too Tight, needs a smack"

does this work with women too?

[locote]

CRANK PULLEY BOLT is a bitch thats the only thing that stopped me from changging my cams!!!!

[ECU-MAN]

"Too Tight, needs a smack"

does this work with women too?

lol




women smack back,
they get your nut loose the first time as well

[ECU-MAN]

ahh ok - its not that loose but would it being slightly loose cause any problems?

i think mines is a bit loose.


haha just watching this vid..

u went nuts on the crank pully bolt.!

slightly loose will have a different limmits to me and to you. but if its a bit loose, it will be ok, they tend to be noisey when they are to loose.

is it loose because of age or because of missadjustment.

you do what you gotta do to get that bolt off,

nothing in that video was prepaired, so thats how tight that bolt was, I have had wors.

[locote]

F#$#$%^t i give up on that stupid bolt!!!
i went and got a new socket set today for 100 buks and the nut or bolt got completely rounded off!!!!!
arggggg!!!!
thats it not changing cams!!!!
either a b18c now or turbo kit!!!!
stupid tensioner bolt!!!!

[ECU-MAN]

use vice grips to get it loose, then replace it.

[wynode]

Farkin awesome John! Downloading the vid to have a look as we speak