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Originally Posted by xxxJohnBoyxxx My thoughts. Remove valve cover remove all spark plugs. Turn over motor clockwise until balancer is on top dead center. Incert wooden dowel or something that will fit through the #1 spark plug hole (Front hole is 1). You want the dowel or whatever you put in the spark plug hole to be on top of the piston. Now rotate the motor a little clockwise and counter clockwise to ensure the #1 piston is actually at TDC. After you confirm that the piston is top dead center ensure the balancer (balancer behind crankshaft pulleys) is on TDC. Now turn over the motor clockwise two full revolutions back to TDC (this removes any chain slack) with the motor at TDC on the balancer and TDC on piston 1 now install the camshaft locks and tighten the camshaft pulleys) Do another compression test and if you have no compression you bent all your intake or exhaust valves by trying to start the motor with incorrect valve timing. Hope this helps, John S |
Sorry for the late replay, been busy for the last few days.
I did have the marked tooth lining up with the lower crank case along with the correct position of camshafts at TDC, the tiny magnetic tool there is to sure of piston #1 at TDC...seems like my intake sprocket is off because the sensor hub isn't lining "ARROW" to my sprocket.
I read somewhere in pelicans
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...iming/pic4.jpg to bolt the sprocket bolts to the farthest left and that is what i did. Now do i need to make that adjustment and center it?
I hope i didn't damage any valves..because i did try to crank it for 2-3seconds of it being wrong timing. Took the head out again but see no wear of bending valves. Lead me clueless.
Thanks for the reply.