well in my first thread i "we" thought it was the distributor.. i decided to post my last reply to make it easier and get a faster respons.. the thread was getting long...

1995 honda delsol d16z6

well im not getting no spark for sure but its not the distributor fault..
after a good sleep and talking to a friend in the morning, he mention that probably my timing belt was the issue.. at first it didnt make sence to me but after thinking about it for a bit then it made sence..

took the distributor cap off and yep... he was right.. the rotor wasnt turning.. i was like ish ....

took the valve cover off then the upper timing belt off and yep the belt was loose and it was slipping when the engine was cranked..

now the belt didnt come off the pulley nor it was torn.. so my guess is a faulty tensioner???? i gotta take off the crank pulley then the bottom cover to check everything one..

do you guys think that the tensioner went bad? after craking the engine several times.. do you guys think that the valves touched the pistons? do i gotta be worry about anything else?

thanks




Modified by JCracer723 at 6:05 PM 8/18/2007

 

some people may say yeps...its fucked. Me personaly, i've had many times my car died to to no spark or my auto tensioner took a crap. In the end, my head was still good. So, yes...it is something that will worry you but doesn't need to be checked unless you where racing and then it died. hopefully that helps.

 

anyone else?

 

The D-series "tensioner" can't really fail. It only does it's job for a second when you first install the timing belt. The spring applies the proper amount of pressure to the belt while you turn the crank pulley a few degrees forward. Once the belt is properly tensioned, the pulley is locked down by torquing the bolt through the middle. Then it shouldn't be able to move ever.

Now if the belt was installed & tensioned without turning the crank a few degrees, it is possible all the slack wasn't removed. Then over time as the belt breaks in, it could slip I suppose. This is all just speculation...

Or perhaps the tensioner pulley wasn't torqued down tight enough, and it slipped...

 

yeah i gotta check this tomorrow.... hopefully i didnt bent any valves..