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Omega General Help / ticking when cold after new cambelt

« on: 21 July 2012, 15:17:12 »

Hi , keep getting ticking noise from cold after i fitted new cambelt kit , so checked timing again all ok . but lazer cranklock seems to meet the waterpump past where tdc marks line up , so gave up with that and used the marks on the crank to line up & the rest of the locking kit for the top half, still ticks . i dont know which to trust crank lock or not. HELP

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 05 July 2012, 20:33:57 »

update . turned over a good few times by hand, put crank lock back on checked cam timing & tensioner postion all spot on. car all back together and running now

a genuine thank you to everyone who help, all take a bow.

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 04 July 2012, 21:14:46 »

sorry about the huge size photos could not seem to shrink them down.
picture one is where i set the tension,
picture two is the furthest it travels when fully loaded
picture three is the furthest it travels unloaded
does it look like normal operation for the tensioner. with crank lock on all cam timing marks align perfectly , just wanted to check that was normal operation for the tensioner before i put it all back together, thanks everyone for your help

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 04 July 2012, 16:45:02 »

Hi darth, have set tensioner to the right place, when turning the engine over (with spanner ) watching the load and unload of the tensioner it goes from where set to fully load and back and forth between that section but does not go to the slack end at all , is that right, will try with photos if i can get the camera to work.

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 04 July 2012, 15:17:32 »

Hi, ok got the tensioner mark to stay in the right place, by not using the crank lock tool, next question how much should the tensioner load and unload on the way round should it move from one end stop to the other or just move up & down in the middle, reason i ask on the dvd it seem to move right from one end to the other mine moves up & down but not making it to the high tension stop. still wrong or ok ?

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 03 July 2012, 21:47:47 »

Hi jonathanh, everthing else is lined up and torqued up, will try the extra 5mm idea, i was adjusting the tension with an allen key in the tensioner pulley then tighting the 13mm nut, yes using crank lock tool do you think that is giving me a false setting, is there any benefit from torqueing it more that 20nm. should the tension marks line up exactly where i set them after one turn or does it settle .

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 03 July 2012, 19:40:26 »

Hi darth, yes you where right washer is a bit wavey, out of desperation tried the washer from the old kit but still did the same, iam holding the tensioner on with the allen key when torqueing up
and its spot on the edge as in the dvd , then i rotate on the crank one turn on the camshafts and then line has dropped to almost the centre line on the tensioner, what am i doing wrong so frustrating to get this far and making a mess of this bit.

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Omega General Help / Re: cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 03 July 2012, 16:53:33 »

Hi, thanks for quick reply , just checked nut & washer is same as one removed just a plain washer, torqued to 20nm. was genuine gm kit and have replaced with gm .

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Omega General Help / cambelt tensioner help please

« on: 03 July 2012, 15:57:36 »

Hi, been fitting new cambelt & kit to 3.0 v6 , all going ok following the dvd now at the tensioner stage . every time i tension it to the upper edge on the tension guide then rotate camshafts 360 the tensioner mark has moved to the middle line, i know it loads and unloads on the way round, tried a few times and seems to keep slipping back a bit, any help please, just worried it will slip back further in use.

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Omega General Help / Re: rear coil springs

« on: 03 June 2012, 20:53:52 »

Hi toledo sorry to high jack your thread ,but where did you get your new springs from , ive just found a broken rear on mine, everyone seems to do the type for none self level but not the self level type, were they big money