Broken belt ... How to time 2.2 engine

[ducman73262]

Well waited little to long and it happen yesterday " thanks god only few blocks from home" I new should done it when had it up last week doing the struts ....Im at point of pulling the harmonic balancer off and did few searches but cant find any info on how to retime this engine 1997 2.2 any help to a link would be great ....
Thanks

[carsrus]

DIY: Timing Belt + Water Pump + Oil Seal Change - 5S-FE
Part 1 - http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=264425
Part 2 - http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=264429

Its a breeze to set timing. Rotate cam untill it pops into the V groove, NOT the dot. Put belt on, lower cover and rotate crank to TDC. Put belt on cam and tension it. Start the car, make sure the belt has good tension. Mine had slack on the underside so i loosened the tensioner and got it all the way up and the belt should be tight all the way around then. The guy in the DIY had slack on the top part so im just throwing in the little hiccup i ran into.

[ducman73262]

Originally Posted by carsrus

DIY: Timing Belt + Water Pump + Oil Seal Change - 5S-FE
Part 1 - http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=264425
Part 2 - http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=264429

Its a breeze to set timing. Rotate cam untill it pops into the V groove, NOT the dot. Put belt on, lower cover and rotate crank to TDC. Put belt on cam and tension it. Start the car, make sure the belt has good tension. Mine had slack on the underside so i loosened the tensioner and got it all the way up and the belt should be tight all the way around then. The guy in the DIY had slack on the top part so im just throwing in the little hiccup i ran into.

Easy enough thanks ... one question shouldnt the crank be tdc in the compression stroke ? Other than throwing a compression gauge on cylinder one is there any other way of knowing this since you cant get finger over the hole to feel for the pressure ?

[Brand]

I am just curious how many miles do you have on your car?

[ducman73262]

Originally Posted by Brand

I am just curious how many miles do you have on your car?

just flipped 115,000 .... should of listened and changed it at 90,000 not waited , the day before we drove 60 miles up north and didnt return home till 1:00 am so Im very lucky didnt get stranded in the cold on the highway .

[carsrus]

Originally Posted by ducman73262

Easy enough thanks ... one question shouldnt the crank be tdc in the compression stroke ? Other than throwing a compression gauge on cylinder one is there any other way of knowing this since you cant get finger over the hole to feel for the pressure ?

Yeah you could put a compression gauge on it. I didnt bother with that and just roated the crank to 0 degrees and set the cam and you should be on the money. The idea is that there is no compression stroke on the actual piston, it just goes up and down, so if you set it at TDC on the cam and set the piston at 0, you have timing set.

[ducman73262]

Originally Posted by carsrus

Yeah you could put a compression gauge on it. I didnt bother with that and just roated the crank to 0 degrees and set the cam and you should be on the money. The idea is that there is no compression stroke on the actual piston, it just goes up and down, so if you set it at TDC on the cam and set the piston at 0, you have timing set.

Great thanks again .... some reason I looked at it little deeper for sake of not going in twice .

[djb2]

Originally Posted by ducman73262

just flipped 115,000 .... should of listened and changed it at 90,000 not waited , the day before we drove 60 miles up north and didnt return home till 1:00 am so Im very lucky didnt get stranded in the cold on the highway .

It's good to have objective reports on the actual lifetime.
Was it covered in oil, or was there anything else that would have shortened its life?

115K miles is more than the recommended change interval, but a little soon to break.