MWLoyale Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 My EA82 is running better than ever... for now. The driver's side timing belt is slowly getting eaten away. The cause? I'm not sure. But what I do know is that the belt is walking off the back of the camshaft sprocket and the crankshaft timing gear... and the tensioner... and the idler pulley. The point is the belt is walking towards the back of the engine and I don't know why. I've redone the belt tension a couple of times and the belt will be centered, but when I start the car, walk to the hood and look at the cam sprocket, it is right back to walking off the sprocket. It runs and drives, I've been driving it for about a week now. But I know eventually that thing is going to snap. What could cause this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Does your oil pump pulley still have it's guides on the edges? And is there any chance you swapped the inner and outer crank gears? If you did you would see an issue like this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Try flipping the belt over, so the other side is toward the engine. If that makes no difference, try a new idler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Does your oil pump pulley still have it's guides on the edges? And is there any chance you swapped the inner and outer crank gears? If you did you would see an issue like this The oil pump pulley doesn't appear to have any guides. I was wondering if maybe I swapped the oil pump gear and crank gear. I am almost certain that the crank gears are on the right order, but I could be wrong. Is there a keyway on both crank gears or just one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Does anyone have an extra oil pump pulley with guides laying around? That seems like the most probable cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 Does anyone have any idea how I could modify my current oil pump gear to have guides? Could I take it to a machine shop and have them weld some flat pieces of metal on the gear? I don't have a welder or I would do it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 You can't swap the pulleys. I can look around to see if I have an extra one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 You can't swap the pulleys. I can look around to see if I have an extra one. Confused by this statement? anyhow....... But to clarify, the oil pump pulley can easily be swapped. Unfortunately to do it correctly, you must remove the oil pump. I suppose if you could use some tool to hold the pulley from spinning you might be able to remove/reinstall with the pump on the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Oh, the original question was if the oil pump pulley would swap with a crank pulley. Or that's what I thought I read.... To replace the oil pump pulley, yes, remove the pump so you can hold the rotor to get the nut on and off. I think I remeber trying to hold the pulley with an old timing belt, and getting nowhwere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 $19 and I’ll ship one to you. PM or email me for PayPal and give me a shipping address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 I can look around to see if I have an extra one. Thanks Dave. Unfortunately to do it correctly, you must remove the oil pump. I suppose if you could use some tool to hold the pulley from spinning you might be able to remove/reinstall with the pump on the engine. you know i'm gonna try everything before taking the pump off haha the last thing I want to do after resealing the entire thing is taking things back apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Holding it with an old belt and using a right angl impact driver might do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 PM Sent idosubaru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 I have an old pulley set aside for a "one- day" idea of sectioning it up to fit into a jammed in section which would probably only assist in undoing that oil pump pulley nut. I think you amost need to keep an old belt just for this purpose. Just a minor aspect of Fuji failing us that feel the need to replace that shaft seal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickoli Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Also, you say you put it centered on the cam pulley. Is it actually coming off the back of it, or is it just flush with the back? Mine rides comfortably flush with the back of the cam pulley, not in the center of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWLoyale Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 Also, you say you put it centered on the cam pulley. Is it actually coming off the back of it, or is it just flush with the back? Mine rides comfortably flush with the back of the cam pulley, not in the center of it. My belt is wearing away, constantly rubbing. definitely not comfortable like yours lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 The oil pump pulley looks like possibly pressed metal or something odd. I would not try to weld one. Maybe braze.A sheet metal shop with a LASER cutter could fabricate new guide pieces. They would probably want drawings or model files. The originals were staked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Any play in the bearings of the idler or tensioner pulleys? That's what I'd be looking at... Cheers Bennie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagons Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Have by any chance your tensioner or oil pump pulley bolts been stripped out then heli-coiled? The prior owner to my 87 did this, and put the bolt in at a slight angle. I had he same issue, belt would rub til it snapped. It walked all over the place. I had to take engine out and have the hole redone by a machine shop on a drill press to make it straight again. Fixed my walking belt problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 +1 el freddo - the crank pulleys are right there, with guides. It isn't going to walk off in the short distance between the oil pump and the crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Thanks Dave. you know i'm gonna try everything before taking the pump off haha the last thing I want to do after resealing the entire thing is taking things back apart Just don't spin the pump backwards. You risk pulling the staked in retainer that holds the bypass valve ball. Ruins the pump. And even if that doesn't happen, you may collapse the one-way baffle in the oil filter. You want to hold the oil pump gear still while removing the nut. And on reinstall, make sure you get the flat/indexed side lined up correct on the shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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