saturnspeed_12
CEG'er
I had recently replaced my timing belt, pulleys, and water pump a couple days ago on my 96 zetec. I had a horrid screeching noise because one of the belt guide bearings were shot and my timing belt was very loose. Well I replaced it all, wasnt as bad as I expected except for putting the lower radiator hose back on the water pump with a/c bracket still on.
I start the car up and notice a misfire. I had also replaced the plug wires since the old ones broke, thats when I found my cousin crossed plug wires (old ones) which I did notice before and wanted to test to see if routing them the same way would run right or misfire. For some reason it ran fine with 2/3 crossed, and after I did the timing belt and fixed the mix up it ran fine. Now anyways, I got on the road and noticed a whine. The car sounded like it had a roots blower on it. I get back home and notice coolant all over the place, and noticed the whine was coming from the timing belt. Coolant leak was my fault for not clamping the hose that goes to the overflow down, and it got into the belt and chewed a hole in it (fixed with clamps and a brass slug).
Now the whine I cant quite get. Belt doesnt seem to be getting chewed up or anything. What is up with the supercharger whine after a new timing belt? Could it be too much tension? When I was tightening it, it was either too loose, or very nice and tight.
One last thing, how the hell do you get the crank pulley torqued down? I have like 50-60 lbs on it and cant get it to the 89 without moving the entire car or having to remove the entire front end to get rotation out of the torque wrench.
I start the car up and notice a misfire. I had also replaced the plug wires since the old ones broke, thats when I found my cousin crossed plug wires (old ones) which I did notice before and wanted to test to see if routing them the same way would run right or misfire. For some reason it ran fine with 2/3 crossed, and after I did the timing belt and fixed the mix up it ran fine. Now anyways, I got on the road and noticed a whine. The car sounded like it had a roots blower on it. I get back home and notice coolant all over the place, and noticed the whine was coming from the timing belt. Coolant leak was my fault for not clamping the hose that goes to the overflow down, and it got into the belt and chewed a hole in it (fixed with clamps and a brass slug).
Now the whine I cant quite get. Belt doesnt seem to be getting chewed up or anything. What is up with the supercharger whine after a new timing belt? Could it be too much tension? When I was tightening it, it was either too loose, or very nice and tight.
One last thing, how the hell do you get the crank pulley torqued down? I have like 50-60 lbs on it and cant get it to the 89 without moving the entire car or having to remove the entire front end to get rotation out of the torque wrench.