Top/Bottom End Alignment
Any easy way to get the timing reset on the Top end/Valves without taking the Valve cover off on a 4.3L Vortec? or am i doomed to remove it anyways and buy new gaskets (for both covers just for the sake of preventive maintenance)
And has anyone else had constant fuelpump failures on a 1999 S10 with the 4.3L Vortec? |
Originally Posted by Mods
(Post 714326)
Any easy way to get the timing reset on the Top end/Valves without taking the Valve cover off on a 4.3L Vortec? or am i doomed to remove it anyways and buy new gaskets (for both covers just for the sake of preventive maintenance
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Originally Posted by LesMyer
(Post 714336)
I really don't understand your question. There is no valve lash adjustment on a 99 S10 4.3 V-6, if that is what you are asking about. You will need to explain what you are asking about a lot better. You are not making any sense.
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It is a normal engine - now that its a little better explained if the timing chain marks were misslined then engine buttoned up.
It isn't as simple as removing valve covers you get the joys of stripping down the front of the engine to the timing chain and starting over. Fan shroud, maybe radiator for clearance, belts, fan, water pump, vibration damp, timing cover, prob alternator, power steering pump ect ..... |
Originally Posted by Mods
(Post 714363)
Not quite, Last person who worked on this motor threw the timing all out of whack (rotated the crankshaft around independent of the cam without actually knowing what they were doing) threw the chain on and called it done, it does not run anywhere near correctly. Does the 4.3 not have a Camshaft or something? i've not worked on this type of motor specifically, but it cant be that far removed from normal.
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Originally Posted by odat
(Post 714366)
It is a normal engine - now that its a little better explained if the timing chain marks were misslined then engine buttoned up.
It isn't as simple as removing valve covers you get the joys of stripping down the front of the engine to the timing chain and starting over. Fan shroud, maybe radiator for clearance, belts, fan, water pump, vibration damp, timing cover, prob alternator, power steering pump ect ..... |
You could remove valve covers just for peace of mind - as les stated above its a single cam engine so every thing as far as crank/cam alignment is all done under the timing cover on the front of the engine - you might remove spark plugs also to ease in turning cam and crank for alignment - don't get carried away rotating such and bend a valve - if it was made to try and run hopefully it didn't slap a valve or two into a piston and bend them .....
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Originally Posted by odat
(Post 714370)
You could remove valve covers just for peace of mind - as les stated above its a single cam engine so every thing as far as crank/cam alignment is all done under the timing cover on the front of the engine - you might remove spark plugs also to ease in turning cam and crank for alignment - don't get carried away rotating such and bend a valve - if it was made to try and run hopefully it didn't slap a valve or two into a piston and bend them .....
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Originally Posted by Mods
(Post 714371)
So as long as the marks are aligned while the #1 is at TDC it will all be set?
{ lets say 1999 Chevy 4.3 timing marks and it should bring up several hits } The dist maybe off some too and need to be reset as it would have been set up with things off |
Originally Posted by odat
(Post 714372)
Do a internet search for the year of the motor and how the marks align and set them as shown
{ lets say 1999 Chevy 4.3 timing marks and it should bring up several hits } The dist maybe off some too and need to be reset as it would have been set up with things off |
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