a well respected guru tells me it should swing!
The duty of the tensioner wheel/pulley is to keep the tension on the belt.
The tension is created by the tensioner piston on the 3s engine or a spring on other engines.
All performance engines I have worked on that involves this mechanism swings the tensioner pulley or jockey wheel.
, otherwise, how the hell would it keep the tension on the belt
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Having looked at the 5sfe design, it is different in the sense where the timing tensioner is situated in a position unlikey for the belt to jump
- severly staggered to the cam gears.
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I can see the confusion in this.
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Looking at the bgb, the design of the 5sfe isn't like a swinging pendulum assembly on the 3s engines, but relys on the pulley being hard bolted against the head
/ block.
Fonz
- you are right in saying, fit it, turn it a couple of times then bolt it down, other wise it will simply fall apart.
This holding down bolt it to fix the
position of the pulley but also
retain its angular position.
Where the confusion is
- the 3s has a pendulum effect jockey wheel, the top of the bracket is the holding down point which swings, the pulley is already bolted down to the swinging bracket assembly.
My confusion now
- your using a 3SGTE head
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why aren't you using the tensioner assembly for this engine as it all bolts to the head
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"^£""£"¬"£"¬" OFF you mean i took my engine out refitted the timing belt for nothing!
You did it to be 110% sure
!!! Don't take chances on such an expensive rebuild
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would this create enough pressure to get the oil to most parts, or is there a set speed at which the crank must turn??
Jam your compressor on with the bottom pulley bolt and turn it a few times
- as long as you have oil in it
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The is a mechanical thats driven off the timing belt, it'll start pumping
/ drawing the oil from the pickup and deliver it through to the filter onto the main oil galley, when the components will start to get oiled.
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