Ok so i lined up my cam gears on my B16a head. Then i was told to line the mark on the cover up with the lone single mark on the crank pully. But through searching i found 2 other ways. one is lining that mark up with the red mark, and the other is lineing up with the white mark. Am i missing something. With out using the gun, what mark on the pully should the line on the cover match up with?

 

it the white mark. line it up with that and also have the cam gears lined up to each other. u also have to turn the gears 3 teeth before u should tighten the tensioner.

 

and is the white mark in the three marks that are next to each other or is it the one off to the side?

 

The single one off to the right is supposed to have been painted white. That's the one you use for camshaft timing. It's right at TDC.

The group of 3 is for spark timing. Don't use that for camshaft timing.

 

ooooooooooook thats what i thought, i was just confused because through searching i found a bunch of other things to line it up with. thanks a lot for clearing that up

 

There's also (usually) a mark on the crankshaft timing sprocket itself, to line up with a mark on the oil pump. That works when the front-lower timing cover is off.

There's a couple of specific Honda engines that have different markings, too. Gotta be careful when you read about the marks on a different engine-type.

 

yeah i know about the other mark on the oil pump. but i couldnt see that or anything. yeah those marks can be so confusing some times. and there are marks that poeple just dont even know about.