help needed!

[Timd]

ok

pulled my belt cover and cas off today to inspect timing belt.

I marked the position of the cas before i removed it but when i put it back together and turned it over it wouldnt start. I fiddled with the cas again, checked for any loose connections and tried to start it again.

This time it cranked over a bit then stopped as though something was stopping it from turning over. hoping like hell the valves didnt kiss the pistons.

I thought this would only happen if playing with the cam gears? Cam gears and belt wasnt touched, only the cas.

hoping someone can help me cause the cars sittin out next to the road, dont want to leave it there over night!

cheers

[Ustasa]

Sounds like timing is too advanced. Try retarding the CAS by hand (opposite direction of engine rotation). If that doesn’t get it started you will have to pull the CAS out again and rotate the shaft.

Is the keyway intact on the CAS shaft?

[Timd]

ill go take a look and report back

cheers for reply champ

[Timd]

have the CAS here with me. can you explain exactly what the key should look like as there is some obvious chewed metal in the CAS shaft. at the end of the shaft there is a half circle of metal, although in the hole where the CAS shaft goes there is just a flat shaft not another half circle? hope that makes sense.

[Ustasa]

Hmm the key that seats the CAS in only one position might’ve been ground off. Usually done to facilitate the use of other ECU’s ie. EMS where they need to be triggered differently to the stock system.

But usually you can still see a faint section of the keyway left. The hard part its trying to line it up to it’s slot in the head.

[Timd]

basically i need to know what an intact key should look like so i can make a comparrison with mine to assess the damage. reckon you could describe one?

cheers

[Timd]

you say the key may be ground off for use with some ecus, would this have been done to run a blitz access?

[JimX]

I can't figure out why anyone would grind off the key on the CAS. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but surely there's a safer method of getting these ECUs to work? I consider grinding bits off the CAS to be incredibly dodgy!

[Timd]

looks as though the locating pin on the cam has been snapped off. think it was already snapped and when i took the cas off it fell out. Seems to me as though cas will work without the pins as long as its lined up properly on the cam. I REALLY dont want to have to swap the phucken cam:mad: So is there any other way of lining it up or is it just trial and error, which is just about impossible cause you cant look at it while lining it up. or should i just start looking for another cam?