So I'm doing my timing belt, M20 motor, '90 325is. I've read all the how-tos on here. I lined up both timing marks, cam gear/head and balancer/timing cover, they both lined up correctly with the old timing belt on. The car was running fine before I started this project. I took the balancer off and this is what I see, (sorry for the big pic) http://i.imgur.com/PScVq.jpg
The mark on the crank and block is off. Nothing moved when I pulled the balancer off. The white mark was there, I guess from previous timing belt replacement. I know the balancer has an alignment pin so you can't move its alignment.
My question is, did the previous timing belt replacement get things out of whack somehow? I feel if I did move the crank to line up the crank mark it would put the balancer/timing cover mark off. I don't think the motor has ever been rebuilt. Has anybody ever run across this? I'm afraid to move it because obviously the motor was running fine, I kinda think that's my answer, not to move it because car was fine.
The mark on the crank and block is off. Nothing moved when I pulled the balancer off. The white mark was there, I guess from previous timing belt replacement. I know the balancer has an alignment pin so you can't move its alignment.
My question is, did the previous timing belt replacement get things out of whack somehow? I feel if I did move the crank to line up the crank mark it would put the balancer/timing cover mark off. I don't think the motor has ever been rebuilt. Has anybody ever run across this? I'm afraid to move it because obviously the motor was running fine, I kinda think that's my answer, not to move it because car was fine.
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