Its a b230FT 4-cyl turbo. Well, I got the car running again by timing it correctly. However, now the timing belt is not staying in the proper position on t The pulleys, it is moving forward over the front edge of the upper pulleys....I guess all of them, but that is the points that I can see. I can see this because the upper timing belt cover is not installed, only the lower one. So the belt is slowly being eaten away on the forward side by rubbing against something, possibly the crank sprocket. I have never had the crank pulley off to see how the crank sprocket looks....but shouldn't there be both a rear pulley guide and something on the forward side to keep the belt from going forward or rearward? For some reason its like there is nothing on the crank sprocket to keep it from going forward. I initally had just the tensioner spring tension, and noticed it was creeping forward on the pulleys/sprockets. So then I applied more tension above what the spring provides....a lot more....and locked the idler down. But it still is creeping forward. So now I will be ordering a timing belt kit with new tensioner. This is about the third time I adjusted timing on this car, and the first two times I didn't have this problem. NOw that it is back from that disatruous 3 week stay with the pro mechanic who couldn't get it running, it is doing this. Could they have done something like improper assembly of crank sprocket that is causing this? Or just my reassembly after timing technique that is causing it? The crank pulley is a bit wobbly...just a bit. by the way.
thanks, Geronimo