Timing confusion

[Datsrboi]

Um shot me for not searching but I am at school now but earlier I was setting my car up to take the crank bolt out and all.

I lined the exhaust cam and the intake cam to the top. Both cams are lined to that mark on the backplate housing what ever. When I looked down at the Crank pulley to see if it landed on TDC it WASNT. With both Intake and exhaust cam mark pointed up my crank was at the 5 degree mark rather 0 TDC..

I only got to droved the car for about 25 minutes worth (from the shop home) before seeing I had a BHG but the car seemed to drive fine. I even gunned the car onces out of curiousity and it didnt do anything weird other then a jerk from a boost valcuum leak.

Sooooo......... if that ok or when I put the new belt one line it up to 0 TDC and keep the cams lined up then install the belt and redo timing?

 

[IwantMKIII]

redo it all. make sure your cams are properly lined up and on the right cycle. Look into oil fill and make sure lobe is pointing up. Align crank pulled with TDC, making sure its on the right cylce as well.

 

[antman]

Always as per tsrm.

 

[Datsrboi]

^^ base on those two post I am correct that it is indeed wrong right?


Scary. Lucky I checked. I wonder why the car drove fine all those time.

 

[antman]

Yeah its wrong. What was your electrical timing at?

 

[Datsrboi]

Yeah its wrong. What was your electrical timing at?

I have not look at that yet. Learning this slowly. Dam who ever left it like that for the past few years.