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I have been having trouble with my timing belt on my '99 zx2. Was driving along one day and it was if someone had reached over and turned my car off while driving it. Got it home and looked at the timing belt. It had started to fray at the edge so me and my buddies figured it jumped time enough to shut off. After it was all said and done, we retimed it with a new belt, changed fuel filter, put new spark plugs in and replaced the camshaft position sensor.
Ran good for about a week and the exact same problem happened again. Got the fellas together again and we come to the conclusion it jumped time because the belt wasn't tensioned enough (though I believe it wasn't loose enough to jump time again). We retimed it a second time and tensioned it to a point that being too loose is completely out of the question.
Drove it for about 50 miles and it happened again. I am completely clueless now. The belt doesn't seem to want to ride all the way back on the cams like it should and wants to move about a 1/4" off. I don't believe that this is the cause of the timing problem but may be an indication of why it keeps jumping time. Has anyone ever heard of a bad cam gear or crankshaft gear causing the belt to ride just slightly off and jump teeth? or is there something completely different that I'm missing?
Ran good for about a week and the exact same problem happened again. Got the fellas together again and we come to the conclusion it jumped time because the belt wasn't tensioned enough (though I believe it wasn't loose enough to jump time again). We retimed it a second time and tensioned it to a point that being too loose is completely out of the question.
Drove it for about 50 miles and it happened again. I am completely clueless now. The belt doesn't seem to want to ride all the way back on the cams like it should and wants to move about a 1/4" off. I don't believe that this is the cause of the timing problem but may be an indication of why it keeps jumping time. Has anyone ever heard of a bad cam gear or crankshaft gear causing the belt to ride just slightly off and jump teeth? or is there something completely different that I'm missing?