Easier to pull eng or drop t tube to check flywheel?

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Easier to pull eng or drop t tube to check flywheel?

Post by L14MNP » 05 Aug 2010 12:20 am

As above, with the erratic spearking of the B230 I am going to have to remove the engine and check the flywheel is correctly alligned, so I can 100% rule it out of the equation.

Is it easier to pull the engine or drop the torque tube/remove the bellhousing? :(
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Re: Easier to pull eng or drop t tube to check flywheel?

Post by pyro » 05 Aug 2010 05:09 pm

depends if you have access to a pit/ramps or not, having said that there is the little access port thing underneath that you may be able to check the hole/blank alignment on the flywheel vs the tdc arrow in the cam belt cover.

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Re: Easier to pull eng or drop t tube to check flywheel?

Post by Ride_on » 05 Aug 2010 06:35 pm

You could try removing the flywheel sensor and inspecting down the hole to look for the TDC gap. You might be able to compare to the front pulley marking.

A more accurate method would be a timing light while cranking. It should be in the vicinity of 0 to 12 advance shown on the front pulley. I could check mine with the king lead off and see what it does during cranking.
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