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after changing o ring,oil pressure light kept coming on. After some investigation I found that the oil pump chain tensioner broke. Well,to change that the crank pulley and crank timing gear had to be removed. I paid a backyard mechanic to pull the pulley off to get to plate to remove so tensioner could be replaced. Unfortunately, he didn't line up timing marks to TDC.he just pulled crank pulley off of timing belt. How can I get timing reset. I've pulled motor mount,put new water pump on but I cant get timing marks to line up on crank and cam. How can I do this without destroying valves. After putting new timing belt on and turning crank 20 times marks still won't line up. Any suggestions on how I can get this timing corrected and on time. This is a 2.0 liter AEG motor in a 99 jetta. Don't want to damage valves or pistons.
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Hey gmaniac, if I was u, I wouldn't worry bout damaging the valves/pistons if u r only turning the motor, it would be damn near impossible to hurt a valve spinning tell motor with a regular 1/2 in ratchet. Verify TDC by putting a screw driver/extension down the #1 cylinder spark plug hole. Then take off the timing belt when u have crank mark lined up. Turn cam sprocket until it lines up with the mark, reinstall belt and tension. Voila you're done.
Thanks bigrick24, I am not that proficient when it comes to that but someone else mentioned that to me and I wasn't sure if that was correct, now with you advising the same I will do just that. One more question, is it critical to know how many teeth on the belt are between certain spots or will the tensioner take care of that? Thanks, plan on finishing Thursday or Friday, I'll let you know how it went.