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Timing belt replacement tip
Hello all,
I have just finished fitting a replacement head on a Surf 2.4
I have read several posts on here regarding setting up the cam belt timing and setting everything 1 tooth out to compensate for the position of the injector pump gear when it's at rest.
What I done today with great sucess was this :-
I noticed that the FIP gear has two threaded holes it it, I screwed a long M8 bolt into one of the holes, turned the gear until the timing marks were aligned and then very gently tightened the bolt until it just nipped up enough to hold the gear in place. I then installed the belt in a clockwise direction starting at the cam gear and working round the gears, then released the tensioner and let it take up the slack, removed my "locking" bolt from the pump gear, turned the engine over by hand two full revolutions, rechecked the timing marks, reset the tensioner and lo and behold job done without any need to try to calculate how far back to set the cam and crank gears.
I may be telling grandma how to suck eggs here but I thought it might be worth sharing.
The Surf is running like a sewing machine now so I think I will go ahead and do a swap with the owner for my V6 Trooper Duty, I must say I like the Surf better and I now have the advantage of going over to veg oil and cheaper motoring
I have just finished fitting a replacement head on a Surf 2.4
I have read several posts on here regarding setting up the cam belt timing and setting everything 1 tooth out to compensate for the position of the injector pump gear when it's at rest.
What I done today with great sucess was this :-
I noticed that the FIP gear has two threaded holes it it, I screwed a long M8 bolt into one of the holes, turned the gear until the timing marks were aligned and then very gently tightened the bolt until it just nipped up enough to hold the gear in place. I then installed the belt in a clockwise direction starting at the cam gear and working round the gears, then released the tensioner and let it take up the slack, removed my "locking" bolt from the pump gear, turned the engine over by hand two full revolutions, rechecked the timing marks, reset the tensioner and lo and behold job done without any need to try to calculate how far back to set the cam and crank gears.
I may be telling grandma how to suck eggs here but I thought it might be worth sharing.
The Surf is running like a sewing machine now so I think I will go ahead and do a swap with the owner for my V6 Trooper Duty, I must say I like the Surf better and I now have the advantage of going over to veg oil and cheaper motoring
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