Hi, I'm a newbe in desparte need of some advice.
I have a 2000 reg 1.7 zetec puma which has recently started making a noise from around the cambelt area like the noise you get from a collapsed bearing. I removed the aux. belt and started the car the noise was still there. I then removed the cambelt cover and started the engine, the sound seems to be coming from the inlet cam pully (the variable valve one) so I removed the belt. There is slight play in the pully, about 2 decres. As you rock it foward the pully moves away from the engine by about 1mm and moves back when you rotate the pully back.
Is this normal? Has anyone suffered from this before? Do I need a new pully?
Is there any information on how to time the thing up as well?
I have the tool to lock the cams up but i'm struggling with crank lock, I have found a blanking bolt under the PAS pump braket with a 10mm head which seems to go to the crank but can't lock it.
I have a 2000 reg 1.7 zetec puma which has recently started making a noise from around the cambelt area like the noise you get from a collapsed bearing. I removed the aux. belt and started the car the noise was still there. I then removed the cambelt cover and started the engine, the sound seems to be coming from the inlet cam pully (the variable valve one) so I removed the belt. There is slight play in the pully, about 2 decres. As you rock it foward the pully moves away from the engine by about 1mm and moves back when you rotate the pully back.
Is this normal? Has anyone suffered from this before? Do I need a new pully?
Is there any information on how to time the thing up as well?
I have the tool to lock the cams up but i'm struggling with crank lock, I have found a blanking bolt under the PAS pump braket with a 10mm head which seems to go to the crank but can't lock it.