[lease help asap cant get timing belt backl on

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

on my birds nova put new head on and cleaned all n painted osme bits and now ic ant get the fucking belt on the water pump is loose and every thing tdc but i cant get it on?: what the fuck am i doign wrong im so pissed off please help cheers peeps :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :evil: :evil: :cry:

[cooper_nova]

put the belt on the top pulley, (only about 1/2 inch on) and then do the same wiv the rest of the pullies and then just work the belt to the bk of all the pullies slowly and that shud b it

[mikeyredtop]

ive done its laods of times without indoing the water pump as thats just causes more hassle when u snap a bolt or it leaks water..

[Jules]

Does it have the automatic tensioner pulley? If so the you can use a screwdriver to move a tab on it to loosen the belt enough to get it over the pulleys, once the belt is on release the tensioner and it should now be set correctly.

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

all the water is drained but the belt is so tight it was the 1 on the car so i know it fits i tried slowly tring 2 put it ona ll of them 2 but it soo fookin tight i dunno y im well pissed offf

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

can i slacken n e thing else 2 help put it on?? aaaghh help :(

[cooper_nova]

try putting it on all the pullies apart from the tensioner then move the tensioner to make it as loose as poss and try and slip the belt over the tensioner

[Snowface]

got the wrong belt?

its worth changing anyway from yuor old one.

[mikeyredtop]

u could have the wrong belt there are 2 versions, 1 which is shorter 4 the older cars without the springy tentioner..

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

na its the right belt, im gunna fooking smash the car in a min, bloody things

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

all sorted now lol wen i get head from old nova it had the diferant belt and i was puting the wrong wheel on lol but now i think i blown up the engine so it dont mater lol :cry:

[cooper_nova]

all sorted now lol wen i get head from old nova it had the diferant belt and i was puting the wrong wheel on lol but now i think i blown up the engine so it dont mater lol :cry:



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how'd u manage that fella?????????

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

well very thign was put back and that correctly and added some more oil and stuff then i went 2 start it up and BANG! fookin well loud then smoke came from the head, god nothign goin right :(

[cooper_nova]

well very thign was put back and that correctly and added some more oil and stuff then i went 2 start it up and BANG! fookin well loud then smoke came from the head, god nothign goin right :(

oh $hit soz to hear that mate!
wot u gonna do about it?

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

i dunno shout and cry, u have n e ideas y it done this? every thing goes bad 2 worse man :(

[cooper_nova]

i dunno shout and cry, u have n e ideas y it done this? every thing goes bad 2 worse man :(

this might sound silly but did u tighten the head correctly???

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

yup, dunno what else it could be

[cooper_nova]

neither do i mate sorry, hope u get the help u desire

[2litreturbo]

YOU SURE THE PULLEYS WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE? I'D TAKE THE HEAD OFF AND HAVE A LOOK

[mikeyredtop]

sometimes u get a bang if it overfuels, or u have the leads on wrong, failing that, the cam timing is wrong and u have bent a valve or 8!

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

cheers 4 the replies, the vavles look fine, the leads r all correct and every thing was at tdc when i started it, and then it went bang but it turns over n not starts :S well pissing me off :(

[mikeyredtop]

i bet ur leads are on the wrong way, its easily done wrong, ive done it...

[eastbourne corsa bloke]

no mate not this time i done it b4 2 but they r 100% correct

[mikeyredtop]

does it even kick, or try to start

[Aragorn]

is it all still all at TDC?

u havent used 2 differnent types of pulley have you??

the nova 1.2s had different teeth than the later 1.2i iirc and if u use the wrong belt it will jump

[MC]

Its no good asking on line. You need someone that knows what they are doing to have a look.

MC