06-01-2013, 10:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-2013, 10:55 PM by hatchetman.)
bill
8 screws (22/23 ) hold the cover on, and 1 nut #11
there are other screws. some only clamps for the harness, but im looking at your photo , is that looking up, and on left front of engine,
the screw long, in your photos is screw 12, above. and is the spring #6 holding end.
my guess, is your spring is missing, and that means the PO guessed at belt tension, if true.
part 7 indexes to the rear of the idler and the spring pulls 7 lever, the idler moves and tensions belt and the tech then locks stud #9 down, to hold said tension for 60,000 more miles.
if the the tension is wrong, it might (not sure) cause dtc p0335s. (the books are not that clear on the relation ships on cmp/ckp , pure software in the ECU)
Id set tension spec, now, reset the DTCs by pulline the dome fuse for 5min) then test run the car looking for no DTCs on a 96, and for sure , the 300s can in fact be caused by loose belt.
300s use both the crank and cam sensors to find out which cylinder misfires, and a loose belt, make that impossible. (as does spark misfire or injection misfire)
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8 screws (22/23 ) hold the cover on, and 1 nut #11
there are other screws. some only clamps for the harness, but im looking at your photo , is that looking up, and on left front of engine,
the screw long, in your photos is screw 12, above. and is the spring #6 holding end.
my guess, is your spring is missing, and that means the PO guessed at belt tension, if true.
part 7 indexes to the rear of the idler and the spring pulls 7 lever, the idler moves and tensions belt and the tech then locks stud #9 down, to hold said tension for 60,000 more miles.
if the the tension is wrong, it might (not sure) cause dtc p0335s. (the books are not that clear on the relation ships on cmp/ckp , pure software in the ECU)
Id set tension spec, now, reset the DTCs by pulline the dome fuse for 5min) then test run the car looking for no DTCs on a 96, and for sure , the 300s can in fact be caused by loose belt.
300s use both the crank and cam sensors to find out which cylinder misfires, and a loose belt, make that impossible. (as does spark misfire or injection misfire)