This is the 3rd time I have done the timing belt on this car. The other 2 times were a breeze. This one has been hell. I now can get the car started, but there is a moaning noise from the engine. So, I removed each belt and the fan and the moaning is still there. It is rpm dependent and you can hear it at idle. I replaced the cam seal, belt and tensioner. Could something be rubbing under the cover? What can be the source? I thought it would be a belt for sure, then I thought it could be the water pump, but that is new and it still moans with the belt off anyway. So, what is the next likely culprit?
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Scott, thanks for your help. Isn't the lower bolt for the tensioner the long bolt that the bottom cover attaches too? The more I think about it, wouldn't I have to remove the lower cover to get to the lower bolt and to remove the cover I think I need to remove the damn crankshaft pulley and damper. Am I thinking about this wrong?
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The only way that I can see it being too tight is running the revised Z127 tensioner with the old style 126 tooth belt. I am pretty certain the 126 tooth tensioner and belt have been discontinued unless you got that one timing belt that has sat on the top shelf of Frankie's Auto Barn since 1987
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Bavarian Autosport is telling me that it is likely because it is a Goodyear belt. I have always used continental. Now, Bavauto is using Goodyear and they say they have gotten some complaints like this for the first 1000-1500 miles. What do you think of that?
When I saw it was Goodyear, I questioned that, but never thought that could be a problem. He is willing to sell me a new Continental belt, but it won't get here for a week or so and then I can return the Goodyear. What do you make of this?
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Thanks for sharing the info about the complaints with Goodyear belts. Was your timing belt a royal PITA to slip over the sprockets+tensioner or did it go on with relative ease? I have always used Continental belts and they have always gone on relatively easily as long as you are slipping things on in the right order. I am wondering if the Goodyear belts are just a tiny bit shorter in length or if they are less elastic in tension. Timing belts arent supposed to be very elastic, but perhaps the Continental belt is just a bit more compliant and the stress of the tensioned belt is distributed through the belt itself moreso than on the pulleys and bearings that it wraps around.
Just a speculation.
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It was tight to get on, that is for sure. But it went on without cursing up a storm. Now what though. Do I trust him and run it, or do I swap the friggin thing out. The bitch is, I will have to wait a week or so to get it, then install it on that weekend. So, we could be looking at 2 weeks before the damn car is on the road. What to do?
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Originally posted by clydesdale View PostIt was tight to get on, that is for sure. But it went on without cursing up a storm. Now what though. Do I trust him and run it, or do I swap the friggin thing out. The bitch is, I will have to wait a week or so to get it, then install it on that weekend. So, we could be looking at 2 weeks before the damn car is on the road. What to do?
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