plastic cam belt cover can it b left off

[dan23]

cant undo crankshaft pulley bolt it jus turn round even wi car in car an brake being prssed can i jus cut the plastic cover off so i can get 2 water pump

how important is the cover

[Stuart]

you can leave it off..

some say keep it on but tbh if your not going to be living on a gravel track/sitting in the run off at the track its fine...

lots of motorsport/rally folk leave them off.

[dan23]

do i need 2 make note of an timing marks on the cover before i cut it off or r the same marks on block head etc

[Stuart]

i jsut used the pin on the block for TDC marks and ignored the cam marks as i was timing up different to STD anyway lol

[S_Gault]

jam the flywheel so you can take off pulley

[Stuart]

lemon curd works too..... :lol:

[Snowface]

or an air rachet will get it off most of the time.

[Mark Beeson]

I think I call that the Bastastard bolt!

[womble sri]

leave it on just takes a stone maybe unlikely but if it did happen you would be kicking yourself

[Gunzi]

Safer with it on, then again I drove round for a year with no cover and had no problems, play the percentages!

[slammed saloon]

take the king lead off coil get a half inch breaker bar with 17mm socket on put it on bottom pulley nut wedge the bar aginst the floor and spin engine over thatll do it :lol: