"Forrest" <REMOVETHISrunforrest1@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:fXJ2j.65894$RX.32866@newssvr11.news.prodigy.n et:

> My timing belt broke on my 1989 Accord SEI. I guess it's a two liter
> fuel injected. I managed to get it apart and get the new belt on. I
> got lucky and didn't have any bent valves. The problem is figuring out
> where TDC is, so as to be able to synchronize the cam and crank
> shafts. I have three books and none of them show what the actual marks
> look like. Looking through the little peep hole at them, I can see on
> the advanced side about three hash marks, one of them red. Then as you
> go to the retard side there is a (0) with no hash mark at all and then
> farther over to the retard side is another mark or so. Why in hell
> can't they just have TDC and a mark next to it? If it wasn't a solo
> job I guess I could try the stick in the spark plug hole to find TDC.
> I've never done that and am a little afraid of crunching it in the
> cylinder.
>
> Anywhoooo ... I got it running, set the timing and took it for a drive
> around the block and thought it was OK. I let my son drive it 90
> miles to school and back this morning. He said that it didn't run
> right, so I tried it out again. It runs like it's way under powered
> and has a bogging down sound when you accelerate, as well as pinging.
> I guess I'm probably a tooth off one way or the other. Any ideas or
> thoughts on this? Which way too far and am I gonna burn the valves up.
> Thanks in advance, for any and all responses.
>
>




There's a good chance the belt is off a tooth.

It's too bad you didn't have the correct manual before installing the
timing belt. The TDC mark is WHITE and is all alone on the flywheel. You
needed to have the white mark lined up with the pointer, plus the cam
pulley marks in the right place, before installing the timing belt.

The red mark in the middle of the group of three is the mark that should
show up next to the pointer when the timing light is activated and the
timing is set correctly.

Also you need to disconnect and plug the vacuum lines to the vacuum advance
diaphragm when setting timing.

If I were you, I'd start all over again with that belt.


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