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I decided to change my timing belt. I was careful to make sure the timing marks on the cam and the crankshaft were aligned. However, when I took off the old belt the cam shaft moved and now it is not aligned. Do I just put on the new timing belt and turn the crankshaft by hand to try and align it up?
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Hell no! We can not give you the guidance you'll need by posting what to do here online. Seek **hands-on** help from qualified personnel - too much is at stake here!
No, you have to rotate the camshaft back into alignment. Once the camshaft and crankshaft are in alignment, you can put your new belt on with confidence. You can figure out if the engine is properly aligned or not by turning the engine 4 times by hand (at the crankshaft) after installing the timing belt. If the timing is obviously changed, the timing is incorrect. Note that with the 2.0T engine, there is a secondary timing chain on the back of the engine, and it times the camshafts to one another. That is why there is only one cam gear at the front of the engine. If the timing is correct, but the timing marks are wrong, the tensioner for that timing chain is bad, and replacing the tensioner and chain is necessary and requires removal of the camshafts. This is an easy engine to change the timing belt, but if you can't visualize the process to the point that you can align the engine without, you really do NEED a professional, or at least someone proficient in this task.
Regardless of which engine it has - *hands-on* auto repair savvy help is highly recommended.. The camshafts naturally want to un-load the valve spring tension when the timing belt is removed - thus the reason for camshaft rotating - resulting in misaligned timing marks.