I misaligned my timing belt- Help!

[AirheadDave]

I was fixing a leaky oil pump when I noticed that the alignment marks for my camshaft sprockets were about 45 deg. off from where I thought they should be. Since I can be immensly stupid when not fed properly, I put them where I thought they should be. I was wrong! and turned the engine over twice with the cams baout 45 deg, off. Did I bend the valves? Am I sunk?

[GLCraig]

We would need to know what engine you have to answer your question.

[AirheadDave]

I am sorry! Panic set in. I have a 1995 Impreza with a 2.2 FI and an auto trans.

 

We would need to know what engine you have to answer your question.

[DerFahrer]

Nope, your valves are fine. 2.2's weren't interference till 1997.

 

Use the marks on the timing belt when setting timing on these engines. It takes out all the guesswork and headaches.

[Mike V]

I did not think ANY of the 2.2 liter, SOHC engines were "interference engines". Can anyone confirm this?

[Nug]

Some of the later ones are, they bumped up the compression slightly, which removed the margin of error.

[AirheadDave]

Thanks everybody. BTW, I got into trouble by doing exactly that-lining up the marks on the camshaft sprockets to notch at the top of the cover and by aligning the small triangle-shaped mark on the crankshaft gear with the top of the crankcase seam. I did not see any other marks, although the manual download I saw shows a mark on the ring behind the crankshaft gear that the crankshaft sensor reads. I hope my suby has one.