My timing belt broke, not under much load at the time, so hopeful this will have a happy ending.
However, besides the belt breaking, I'm flying without a manual, and have done everything wrong that you can do wrong; spun the cam gears independently of each other, and of course the motor is a timing mess.
How do I get all three (crankshaft, intake, and exhaust) components properly back in sync? I know about the timing marks, but the valve cams are out of time with each other, I think. I figure I'll have to remove the valve cover, after that, what am I looking for?
I've searched around, and not found a post with this information.
As far as I Know, the California specs' Kia Sephia has the 1.6L engine, instead of the T8D engine that the rest of USA received, which is a non-interference 1.8L engine; so, firstly, we need to know if your second gen Kia Sephia has the 1.6L engine or the 1.8L engine.
In that case, since the first gen Kia Spectra shares the same T8D engine than the second gen Kia Sephia, here I share a couple of Videos regarding the Timing subject on that engine, I wish they are Helpful for you:
Thanks for the helps! I have seen these videos and used them to guide me when I replaced my belt and water pump. I wasn't able to view the pics in the link you sent. It might be because I'm using my cellphone to post right now - I'll try to get to a computer and read it again.
Also the thread finishes without an end to the story?
I'm beginning to think that if the intake and exhaust cams are not 180* out of sync with each other, then there is a larger issue here.
If no compression at the top dead center, it could be that the crank and cam timing is 180 degrees out of alignment caused by rotating the crank while t-belt was off, so the valves are actually open for exhaust stroke when they should be closed for compression. The timing belt would have to come back off while the cam is kept aligned to top dead center. Then rotate the crank 180 degrees to get it schronized, reassemble.
That was it. I pulled the #1 sparkplug and found I was 180* out on my cams when I checked them against the Crankshaft. I'll let everyone know how this turns out.
Thanks again,
-Mal
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