Originally Posted by cre (Post 86995)

It does. Depending on how it shifted it can drastically increase engine heat OR it can drastically increase exhaust temps (if it's the exhaust cam); If it's the intake cam it can cause the intake valves to close too soon, choking the engine; or it can close it too late allowing a pulse to disrupt the incoming airflow, again choking the engine but in a very different way.
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Originally Posted by btwilson86 (Post 87020)

being out of alignment can cause the vehicle to not spark in time. If the spark happens too early or too late, it will cause the vehicle to not fire.

Originally Posted by btwilson86 (Post 87016)

Everytime I messed with my timing belt, I pulled all slack out of the belt on the intake side, slipped the belt onto the gears (with them aligned properly), then let the tensioner take out all of the slack in the belt. Doing it this way allows all belt slack to be between the exhaust cam gear and crankshaft timing gear, meaning nothing will move while tensioning the belt.


Don't know if that's the right way to do things, but it's worked great for me and keeps it as a 1 man job

Originally Posted by cre (Post 87031)

Have someone hold it in place if you can't work with a wrench in each hand (sissy.).

Originally Posted by Green7mgte (Post 87038)

or if all else fails.. you can hit it with your purse...:p