Now, I'm even more confused.

[zendriver]

Trying to ensure that the timing Belt is lined up properly with the sprockets. 3.3l 98. This one had the distributor freeze and bust the bracket off.

 

I had the timing belt top cover off I thought that I located the compression upstroke of the piston then I continue to rotate it till it was on the left notch on the crankshaft pulley. When I did that the camshaft marks would not line up with the dots. Turn it 360 and they still would not line up. Turned it 360 back.

 

Removed the crankshaft pulley and lower cover. If I rotated around all three gear dots lineup., like they have never slipped at all.

 

The timing pointer is then about 45° clockwise from the timing marks then

 

Am I overthinking this or doing something wrong?

 

 

 

 

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[ferrariowner123]

Well, unfortunately for us, the 3.3 timing marks. Don't really line up accurately, your best way of insuring proper timing, is by teeth count. So download the factory service manual, go to the section on timing belt change,and see how many teeth go between the two cams, and I think it's how many teeth between the RH cam and crank gear.

 

Hope that helps.

 

-Kyle

[Precise1]

A lot of timing belt threads lately!

Ok, so it sounds like your best bet is to rotate the crank until you are at TDC, the dizzy rotor is pointing at/near cyl #1 contact, align the cam gears to the marks reasonably close, put the belt on with 40 teeth between cam gear marks and 43 between drivers cam and crank gear. Does your belt have marks on it? If not, counting out and marking the edge might help you.

There is a very good thread in the Garage/How To section (written by a Nissan mechanic) that goes through the timing belt process, and the discussion afterwards should answer any other questions. Obviously ask any other questions you might have, but that is where I recommend you start looking for answers.

 

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[k9sar]

is it still 40 and 43 on the 3.3's? just asking

[ferrariowner123]

If my memory serves me correct. Yes.

 

-Kyle

[Precise1]

is it still 40 and 43 on the 3.3's? just asking

Yes, EM-19 verifies this. 133 teeth total, 40 between cams and 43 from driver's cam to crank mark. Other than the displacement, I think the biggest difference between the VG30 and VG33 is the location of the oil filter...

 

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[adamzan]

It's the same belt, too.