Timing Belt

[drewcrane]

NGK and Denso are both good.

Rock Auto has the wires pretty cheap.

ahh thanks for the rock auto hook up i always forget about rock

[drewcrane]

There's a lot to do in the timing belt replacement. The transverse mounting of the engine makes it a pain. I didn't use the bump start method and found the crank bolt difficult to remove too. Check out my website for a partial procedure and some of the things you might encounter:

www.ozone1000.com



Good luck.

thanks ozone , i love the internet (im glad Al Gore invented it rofl) for stuff i cant get enough info on this kind of forum works very well

[ASG14]

OMFG! Not heard that Al Gore thing in a while!!!!

BTW, for Rock Auto, here is a 5% discount code: 29852912464339

[drewcrane]

OMFG! Not heard that Al Gore thing in a while!!!!

BTW, for Rock Auto, here is a 5% discount code: 29852912464339

nice thanks for the discount! Al Gore lives!

[drewcrane]

ok i am putting a list together ,and i know about the idler pulleys one and 2 , but what about the timing belt tensioner ? on the bottom of the belt ,i most likely will replace that unit too

[ozone]

You probably don't have to replace the tensioner. The instructions say to compress it and stick something in the hole to keep it from expanding again. The after you install, you remove the "something." I used a small Allen wrench. It should take quite a bit of force to compress it. I believe I used a vice. But if you can measure the force and it is within spec, there is no reason to replace it. I don't recall what the spec is, but I will try to look it up and post it. My guess is, that you don't need to replace it.