EJ22 timing alignment

ahoogah Seriously Crusin Dubber

135 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 3 Nov 2009, 6:28 am

#744902

mmmmm, I took off the timing belt covers in preparation for rebelt,cam seal replacement and noticed that the right cam timing indicator is one tooth anti-clockwise. The inlet manifold on that bank was carboned up.
Any prognosis about possible damage/rectification proceedures?

seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 4 Nov 2009, 12:21 am

#745115

Best thing to do is start with lining the marks up correct with the belt removed . Then refit the belt , mark the timing marks with a white paint pen & the cam wheels so you can see them clearly.

subaru sell a top end cleaner its in a can, get ahold of some of that, instructions are on the can. do this in the open air as it will fuck you up in a closed area.

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ahoogah Seriously Crusin Dubber

135 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 6 Nov 2009, 6:01 pm

#745666

yeah a fair bit of crap on that side, in and around the valves. I reckon it's been firing with slightly open valves.
Top end cleaner while on the stand inverted, then maybe a leak down?

seagull Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,979 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 7 Nov 2009, 1:01 am

#745754

for what its worth fit it , start it , no good > throw it away & find another as there every were now days

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Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 7 Nov 2009, 7:29 am

#745773

ther is more than 1 set of timing marks on those shitters

ahoogah Seriously Crusin Dubber

135 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 7 Nov 2009, 10:37 am

#745817

yeah I read that the arrows on the pulleys are the marks BUT the overhead gear rocks off them, so they have offset marks.
Whichever way you look at it, the timing is still 1 tooth out and right bank has been blowing back up the inlet manifold.
Who does good rebuild work around the Gold Coast?

Brian Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 7 Nov 2009, 7:31 pm

#745958

look carefully at he arrows and very carefully at the crank gear markers
you will see that the timing is ok

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 7 Nov 2009, 7:48 pm

#745966

looking forward to putting mine back on 🤪

hopefully this may help

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ahoogah Seriously Crusin Dubber

135 posts · joined Oct 2009 · 7 Nov 2009, 8:35 pm

#745972

Brian,looking at the diagram, these indicators line-up and are correct.
The right pulley on "my" engine is one tooth counter clockwise, it doesn't seem to vary, no matter how carefully I look at it!!!

ElusiveStranger Officially Full-On Dubber

330 posts · joined May 2006 · 7 Nov 2009, 11:39 pm

#746008

ahoogah wrote:Brian,looking at the diagram, these indicators line-up and are correct.
The right pulley on "my" engine is one tooth counter clockwise, it doesn't seem to vary, no matter how carefully I look at it!!!

Whip off the belt and rotate it. That's what happened on my mate Kev's scooby install.
When he took it for a blast later on he accused me of bolting on a turbo when he wasn't looking.
Do you have the 'anti-jump plate' above the crank pulley?