sumrandomguy
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- Mazda Protege5
Coming home from work, car threw a CEL, then died on the side of the road. Had it towed back home, took off valve cover and was able to peek through that the tensioner spring has snapped. Then removed everything else knowing that this would eventually lead to a timing belt change.
I had read through various threads on here and referenced the service manual on a timing belt change, and understand need to have camshafts at TDC, which I was able to do by lining up the I and the E. However, I can't get the crankshaft pulley notch to line up to the V mark (at the 12 o'clock position) on the bottom. The little notch on the crankshaft pulley is at the 10 o'clock position. I've turned the crankshaft multiple times (to line up I & E) and I'm getting the same thing.
Here's some photos of what I'm dealing with:
After removing timing covers, confirming the spring snapped
Lining up camshafts to have I & E pointing at each other
Crankshaft pulley, where the Yellow arrow indicating where the notch on the pulley is supposed to be, and Blue arrow is where my notch is
The notch on my pulley is at the 10 o'clock position
As a result of the tensioner spring snapping, did it throw the engine out of time? How do I line up all 3 marks, the 2 on the camshafts AND the 1 on the bottom crankshaft? None of the threads I've come across had this problem, where the crankshaft pulley was out of alignment. Please help me get my P5 back on the road..any advice is greatly appreciated.
I had read through various threads on here and referenced the service manual on a timing belt change, and understand need to have camshafts at TDC, which I was able to do by lining up the I and the E. However, I can't get the crankshaft pulley notch to line up to the V mark (at the 12 o'clock position) on the bottom. The little notch on the crankshaft pulley is at the 10 o'clock position. I've turned the crankshaft multiple times (to line up I & E) and I'm getting the same thing.
Here's some photos of what I'm dealing with:
After removing timing covers, confirming the spring snapped
Lining up camshafts to have I & E pointing at each other
Crankshaft pulley, where the Yellow arrow indicating where the notch on the pulley is supposed to be, and Blue arrow is where my notch is
The notch on my pulley is at the 10 o'clock position
As a result of the tensioner spring snapping, did it throw the engine out of time? How do I line up all 3 marks, the 2 on the camshafts AND the 1 on the bottom crankshaft? None of the threads I've come across had this problem, where the crankshaft pulley was out of alignment. Please help me get my P5 back on the road..any advice is greatly appreciated.