I am trying to align my timing belt for a Honda Civic 98 LX SOHC. It is
a 1.6L engine. The manual says to allign the camshaft at TDC with the two markers matching the horizontal line of the cylinder head. I can't get those markers aligned with the cylinder head because, when aligned horizontally, they are both below the cylinder head line. Also on engine cover (not the upper and lower timing belt covers) there are two small triangle arrows, one left and one right, that are not exactly horizontal (one is higher than the other). If one of the markers on the camshaft matches 1 arrow the other will be a couple of teeth below the arrow on the opposite side. I have read something about the 1.6L engines that need to be adjusted to the plastic bracket on the lower side of the camshaft pulley, the one that emulates the wheel similar to a bicycle fender that protects from mud splashing the rider. Does anyone know which marks I should follow (the horizontal cylinder head line, the 2 arrows
that are a little below the cylinder head line, or the marker at the bottom of the wheel which looks like a bike fender)? Thank You.