Danowner

So I ended up doing the job, all went to plan perfectly. I also was able to take off the sump + oil pump without taking the bottom frame off, it was absolutely the hardest most fiddly thing I've done, but magically I got it done haha. Rea-sealed the oil sum with gasket, and again, magically more than a year on, I've got no leaks at all, and it's all working perfectly. Here's a few after images: And just my luck, after installing it all, my CAS just died - pulled it apart and found it was full of metal shards, from what I could only assume something rubbing on something inside. Couldn't get the car to start (As the CAS controls the spark), so I cleaned it out with electric contact cleaner, and got it started. Bought a refurbished CAS from AliExpress, and it honestly felt brand new, had it in for more than a year also, and again, working like a charm.

Bit of a late reply, but I can almost gaurantee that it's none of the above - I and it seems at least 2 others have the exact same issue - I pulled apart my AC unit, and found that it has some form of charcoal substance surrounding the 3 buttons (For whatever reason Nissan decided to put this in) - and the only explanation I have is that it's causing the buttons to corrode/ short or something. I unsoldered the 3 buttons, which caused the clock to stop counting up, and the AC unit to work - super easy and free fix, saving upwards of $400- 600 AUD. I made a little guide, I'll just attach the screenshots of the guide here: Link to page 1: https://i.imgur.com/YVTCxIO.png Link to page 2: https://i.imgur.com/157guVo.png Yeah pretty simple fix if you've got a soldering iron. I personally haven't soldered new buttons on yet - but it's as simple as finding a 2 prong button from any electrical store - for Australia I'll be using just Jaycar.

Yeah, so I've got brand new balancer, new oil pump, new water pump, new timing belt kit. So what I'll do, is line up the crank mark with the oil pump, and the 2 cams, then that's TDC technically, then what I'll do is chuck a plastic rod of sorts in cylinder 1 before turning over the engine, to double check it's all good

Yeah that's what I was saying, what I'm asking, is, If all marks on the crank + two cams line up, belt is on, should the harmonic balancer line up with the 0° (far left) notch, or will it not line up with that 0° mark?

Yeah, well I've got to take the engine out regardless, as the front main seal needs replacing, as does the oil pump gasket, had a leak down there since I bought the car, wanted to finally get it fixed, pretty sure I've got a leak around the oil sump too it turns out. I was looking at pics I've taken, and from what it looks like to me, this is already in the correct position right? (Coolant is there from taking off the water pump) - also, when it comes to the crank, if this mark lines up with the oil pump mark, both cams line up with their marks, but then the harmonic balancer is lining up with say it's middle mark, how tf does that make sense? When the harmonic balancer is meant to line up with the far left mark on it, with the mark on the timing belt cover

That could easily be your TPS (Throttle position sensor) wiring. You've got the exact same symptoms as my 34, however I had changed the fuel pump a week or so before, and so when I was troubleshooting, the fuel pump didn't even cross my mind. Ended up being the main hose connected to the top of the fuel pump literally had a hole in it, so all the pressure was gone, as I had done a dodgey DIY job with a hose clamp, had to pull it back out, re- clamp the hose so it was a solid connection, been in for over a year now and hasn't skipped a beat. If you've done anything fuel related, look at that shit hey. (Also, that plug at the bottom of that pic looks to be the main harness plug I'm guessing, looks same as mine. Maybe check the polarity of your TPS, and even check the polarity of each cable there in that pic, make sure connection is solid all way through each end of those cables.

Ok, so I've been thinking about the whole timing situation, I apologise for the stupid question, was just a bit stressed that I've f**ked my engine forever, never to be able to get the timing right again lol. - Soo, I am thinking (I know, it hurts), and I'm going to have to pull out my engine regardless to replace the oil pump, as I need to take off the sump, now even when I went to put my timing belt back on, upon chucking on the old timing belt, to make sure the crank doesn't spin anymore, It spun a little bit with the force of putting the belt around the cam gears. Nowwww - Technically, if I were to put the cams both in line with their marks perfectly, then I were to find TDC for just the crank, and make sure all 3 marks on cams + harmonic balancer, all align, then I'd have TDC wouldn't I? As I fear now that I never actually had TDC when I pulled it all apart, so thinking of it as though I had to do timing again from scratch, I'll just make sure first of all, the cams marks line up, then lastly, isolate the crankshaft, and make sure that lines up too right? And then I've got true timing again? - Also bit of a side note, to find TDC of cylinder 1 ( closest cylinder to cam gears), I could even take out coil + Spark plug, get a long solid plastic rof of some sort (So it's not metal on metal), chuck her in the bore, and rotate the crank, until it reaches it's highest point + it lines up with the mark on the oil pump? Sorry for the novel, but cheers guys!

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Yeah that's what I thought, like I said, any rotations that it's gone out, have been done as though the engine was just running, still with the timing belt connected. So when I place the new belt on, and tension it all up, it will still be all aligned. One thing I'm worried about though, is moving the car, as I'll need to move it to my mates house to pull out the engine, when the car is in neutral, the engine won't be rotating will it? Only if I put it in gear and it rolls. I might just chuck the timing belt on etc whilst I chuck it on the trailer, just to be safe.

Hey there, so I've started a DIY project of changing out my Oil pump/ Front main seal/ Water pump/ Water pump + timing, which has turned out to be a lot harder than expected. I had a few questions about the engine's timing + Top dead center, when dissasembling the engine/ putting it all back together. So, when I was pulling it apart, I put it all in top dead center, all timing marks on the cams + harmonic balancer all aligned, still with the old timing belt on it. Then, when attempting to take off the Harmonic balancer, I had to loosen the main crankshaft bolt, which in result, caused the engine to rotate the timing, which threw off the marks a little bit (Keep in mind, timing belt still all attached, so all timing moving together), but I see people on youtube doing similar maintenance to me, always say "BEFORE ANYTHING, MAKE SURE THE ENGINE IS TOP DEAD CENTER, OR YOU'RE F***KD". SOoooo, my logical mind thinks of my situation this way: If I were to literally get the crankshaft, and literally spin the shit out if it (Red circle), then I'd be in a bit of trouble, because I'm guessing one revolution of the harmonic balancer, isn't 1 full revolution in the engine right? - But in my case, because it went out by like literally 1 or 2 teeth, I can just spin it back, make sure it all aligns, and if it doesn't, I'll just have to align the crankshaft first, and then the cams (I'd literally only be spinning it back by a tooth or 2, as seen in the next pics) I'm not super knowledgable of engines, as I'm kinda learning as I go, so hence my question. Here's how much the timing went out, when I was taking off the harmonic balancer: So that is how much it went out, whilst the timing belt was still all connected and tensioned, so how I look at it, is that when I put it all back together, all I'll need to do, is chuck the new timing belt on, tension it, and then make sure all the marks line up, before firing up the engine again right? - and if they don't, then I'll individually just spin it back by the tooth or 2, that it's out by, then put timing belt back on, and happy days? Cheers guys, appriciate any help with this one!

Did you ever find a fix? My 34 gtt has the exact same noise, only a but quieter

Ok, I took off the CAS. The bearing is making a noise when spinning it. louder than most bearings that I've heard. I took it off, lubricated and cleaned it, and the noise actually stopped for a bit. Then it started up again after about 20 mins of driving. Might try take it off again and properly lubricate it and give it another clean, see if that does anything. Not willing to buy another CAS as they're going for around $800

Aiit sick, I'll take it off in a sec and have a look. If there's f**ked bearings, I'm guessing it's common for the bearing to be bulging

I recently took the CAS off, marked my timing cover, got the new one, marked that up (It is a clear one), and put it in. The timing belt looked in pretty good condition, so I decided not to change it. The ticking didn't start anywhere near after doing any of that, so couldn't have been that. If I were to take it off, what would I be looking for?

Taking it off, it needs to be back in the exact same location doesn't it? If it's put back slightly different, what would the outcome be? Would the cams just smack against the rocker cover?