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Oki Zoubari
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south australia
uzz32

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Friday, September 09, 2016 - 10:18 am, by:  Oki Zoubari (Oki)

as the title suggest, I am leaning towards this scenario at the moment, but need confirmation before trying to adjust the timing belt,

I had an oil leak under engine which was getting worse as time goes by and at one point I used a dye to see where it originates , and it looked like a leak just under the crankshaft ( a plastic black cover just under the crankshaft area), I am thinking the crankshaft seal.

before it get worse and the car starting running rich , rough, knocking, misfiring, vibrating , no power on take off , surging, rattling on accelerating as if was running on 2 cylinders.

before all this, I though it was the MAF sensor, since when I disconnect the sensor , it would get much better but still not as should be.

I pulled the distributor housing and found right cam sensor covered in engine oil, I cleaned it and cleaned all spark plugs, and wires.



I noticed that the timing belt marks on both cams do line up on engine as they should, but, when they do, the crankshaft notch mark does not line on the 0 mark on the engine timing cover, and it is almost at the bottom of the pulley at 180 degrees opposite to where it should be,


does that sound like the oil caused the timing belt to slip 180 degrees and that is the problem.

I heard that they slip a tooth or 2, but to go 180 degrees, how many teeth did the belt slip, must have been a lot a oil at the crank.

should I look at new coils, plugs, wires replacement or correct the cams position mismatch with the crank as they rotate on the belt.

note, it is the uzz32 here


thanks

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