Subaru Forester Owners Forum - View Single Post - Changed timing belt and water pump, now valves tap and check engine is on

98GreenForester · 07-20-2008, 09:38 PM

First to start off, this is a great forum.

I just got done doing my timing belt, crank seal, and water pump on my 98 DOHC Forester. Now the valves tap and I have the "check engine" on. When I set the timing for the belt, everything was dead on. I tried to crank it by hand a few times and the marks on the belt never aligned with the marks on the cams or crank again. I crank it over clockwise probably about ten times, never aligned again. Is this normal? Everytime I would set it at TDC the marks on the belt would never align again, but the physical cam and crank marks still aligned perfect? Do you guys think my belt jumped?

After I finished everything, I started the car and the valves sound like they were tapping, before the engine was smooth like butter. I was thinking I might have damaged the valves because when you try to align the cam spockets those boogers love to spin. Do you guys have any tips or suggestions? Thanks in advance.

07-20-2008, 09:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
98GreenForester Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: STP Posts: 7 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Changed timing belt and water pump, now valves tap and check engine is on First to start off, this is a great forum. I just got done doing my timing belt, crank seal, and water pump on my 98 DOHC Forester. Now the valves tap and I have the "check engine" on. When I set the timing for the belt, everything was dead on. I tried to crank it by hand a few times and the marks on the belt never aligned with the marks on the cams or crank again. I crank it over clockwise probably about ten times, never aligned again. Is this normal? Everytime I would set it at TDC the marks on the belt would never align again, but the physical cam and crank marks still aligned perfect? Do you guys think my belt jumped? After I finished everything, I started the car and the valves sound like they were tapping, before the engine was smooth like butter. I was thinking I might have damaged the valves because when you try to align the cam spockets those boogers love to spin. Do you guys have any tips or suggestions? Thanks in advance. Last edited by 98GreenForester : 07-21-2008 at 06:53 AM.