Originally Posted by
Cossie Sean
if the timing is 100% i.e you have crank locking tool, you locked the cams and cracked the cam pulleys loose,
turned crank clockwise untill it touched the locking pin,
let the tensioner pin out THEN torqued the cam pulley bolts
oil feed to the VCT pulley ok? Sounds knocky/lashy like a sloppy VCT pulley to me
trying to crack the bottom pulley off on these can also cause the belt to jump, especially "manually"
even more so if the belt was off, it would rotate untill hitting an inlet valve or 2 then pushing against them sadly.
compression test? but check plug leads and plug tips
First time round I timed it up by the Ford ETIS method, second time I followed the Autodata one which just had a variation of whether you tighten the crank pulley after everything is locked up and ready.
Either way, the timing is 100%. I did one a few years back and it was a cinch, but this one has been a nightmare.
It has new plugs, but I put the old ones back in to check and no difference. I'd agree with the VCT but it was fine before hand, seems fine now and the tapping seems to be coming from behind the inlet manifold rather than the cams.
I think I'm resigned to the fact that the piston must have disturbed the valves when I was cracking the crank pulley...
Guess I don't know my own strength
